200 years in art: 1732

Canaletto

Alonso Miguel de Tovar

Michele Marieschi

Joseph Bresson

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Charles-Joseph Natoire

What happened in 1732 (from Wikipedia)

January–June

• February 23 – Handel's Orlando is first performed in London.
• June 9 – James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. [1]

July–December

• September 16 – The magnitude 5.8 Montreal earthquake occurs in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• December 7 – The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) is opened.

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