Events from the year 1720 in art. May 2 – James Thornhill, Serjeant Painter to King George I of Great Britain, is knighted, the first native English artist...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1720. 1720 (MDCCXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday...

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year 1720 in music. April – The Royal Academy of Music, a company formed for Handel in London, begins to produce operas. Giovanni Bononcini arrives in London...

events and publications of 1720. September–October – The "South Sea Bubble", i.e. the collapse of the South Sea Company in England, affects the fortunes...

of Saxony. The art chamber of the House of Wettin, established around 1560, became an independent museum of prints and drawings in 1720. The collection...

Still Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550–1720, (Dutch:Het Nederlandse Stilleven 1550–1720) is a 1999 art exhibition catalog published for a jointly...

The year 1720 in science and technology involved some significant events. February 10 – Edmond Halley is appointed as Astronomer Royal of England. May...

1700 Caravaggisti – 1590 – 1650 Rococo – 1720 – 1780, began in France Neoclassicism – 1750 – 1830, began in Rome Later Cretan School, Cretan Renaissance...

Museum of Art, colloquially referred to as the Met, is an encyclopedic art museum in New York City. By floor area, it is the fourth-largest museum in the world...