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Overview of the events of 1796 in art
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Events from the year 1796 in art.

Events

  • Printing by lithography is invented by Alois Senefelder in Bohemia.
  • Ann Jemima Provis and her father Thomas Provis perpetrated the Venetian secret scandal where they falsely claimed to have found a document describing Renaissance-era painting methods. A number of prominent artists were fooled, most notably Benjamin West.

Works

Lansdowne portrait of George Washington by Gilbert Stuart
Young Lord Liverpool by Thomas Lawrence.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Meggs, Philip B. (1998). A History of Graphic Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 146. ISBN 0-471-291-98-6.
  2. Waters, Douglas G. (2013). A portrait of rivalry : an untold story. Bloomington, IN : Archway Publishing. pp. 103–106. ISBN 978-1-4808-0138-7. Retrieved 2024-01-04.
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