200 years in art: 1723

Charles de Saint-Albin

François Lemoyne

Michel-Ange Houasse

François Morellon de La Cave

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Sebastiano Ricci

What happened in 1723 (from Wikipedia)

January – July

• February 16 – Louis XV of France attains his majority.
• March 9 – Mapuche Uprising of 1723 begins in Chile.
• May 23 – The Freemasonry lodge Theodor zum guten Rath is founded in Munich, Bavaria.

July–December

• July – The Russian army, under Matyushkin, captures Baku.
• September 1 – The Treaty of St. Petersburg is signed.
• November 23 – The Province of Carolina incorporates New Bern as Newbern (the town later becomes the capital of North Carolina).

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