200 years in art: 1724

Jean-Baptiste van Mour

Balthasar Denner

Jean-François Delyen

Jan van Huysum

What happened in 1724 (from Wikipedia)

January–June

• January 14 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
• January 28 – The Saint Petersburg State University is established.
• February 20 – The premiere of Giulio Cesare, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel, takes place in London.
• May 29 – Pope Benedict XIII, born Pierro Orsini, succeeds Pope Innocent XIII as the 245th pope.

Blenheim Palace completed.

• June 23 – Treaty of Constantinople is signed, partitioning Persia between the Ottoman Empire and Russia.

July–December

• July 27 – Wild Peter of Hanover is captured near Helpensen in Hanover.
• November 11 – Joseph Blake (alias Blueskin), highwayman, is hanged in London.
• November 16
  • Jack Sheppard is hanged in London.
  • Willem Mons, lover of Catherine I of Russia, is executed and his head preserved in alcohol.

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