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Events from the year 1777 in art.
Events
- The Cane Tago, a terracotta statue of a dog, is erected in Bologna, Italy.
- Kunsthochschule Kassel is founded.
- Det Dramatiske Selskab is founded in Copenhagen (Denmark) as an acting academy.
Works
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John Trumbull's self-portrait
- Antonio Carnicero – Portrait of Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes
- Thomas Gainsborough
- Portrait of his daughter Mary
- Pomeranian Bitch and Puppy ("Two Fox Dogs" – approximate date)
- Francisco Goya – The Parasol (tapestry cartoon – approximate date)
- Jean-Baptiste Greuze – Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
- William Hoare – Portrait of Christopher Anstey with his daughter
- Ozias Humphry – Portrait of George Stubbs
- Thomas Jones – Lake Albano – Sunset
- Philip James de Loutherbourg – Moonlight
- Sir Joshua Reynolds – Portrait of Henry Thrale
- John Francis Rigaud – Agostino Carlini, Francesco Bartolozzi and Giovanni Battista Cipriani
- George Romney – The Gower Family: The Children of Granville, 2nd Earl Gower
- Alexander Roslin – Portraits of
- Ivan Betskoy
- Catherine the Great
- Natalya Golitsyna
- Gustavus III of Sweden
- John Trumbull – Self-portrait
- John Webber – The Tahitian Princess Poedua, the daughter of Orio, Chief of Raiatea
Births
- January 2 – Christian Daniel Rauch, German sculptor (died 1857)
- January 7 – Lorenzo Bartolini, Italian sculptor (died 1850)
- March 9 – Aleksander Orłowski, Polish painter and sketch maker, pioneer of lithography in the Russian Empire (died 1832)
- March 10 – Louis Hersent, French painter (died 1860)
- June 20 – Jean-Eugène-Charles Alberti, Dutch painter working primarily in Paris (died 1843)
- July 23 – Philipp Otto Runge, German painter (died 1810)
- August 11 – Giuseppe Bossi, Italian painter, arts administrator and writer on art (died 1815)
- October 15 – Christian David Gebauer, Danish animal painter and etcher (died 1831)
- October 16 – J. L. Lund, Danish painter especially of historical subjects (died 1867)
- December 15 – Agostino Aglio, Italian painter, decorator, and engraver (died 1857)
- December 17 – François Marius Granet, French painter (died 1849)
- date unknown
Deaths
- April 29 – Antonio Joli, Italian painter of veduta (born 1700)
- May 21 – John Cleveley the Elder, English marine artist (born 1712)
- June 22 – Johann Joseph Christian, German Baroque sculptor and woodcarver (born 1706)
- July 13 – Guillaume Coustou the Younger, French painter (born 1716)
- August 23 – Charles-Joseph Natoire, French rococo painter (born 1700)
- November 17 - Johan Stålbom, Finnish painter who later lived and worked in Sweden (born 1712)
- December 2 – Lorenzo De Caro, Neapolitan Baroque painter (born 1719)
- December 5 – Claude François Devosge, French sculptor and architect (born 1697)
- date unknown
- probable – Francesco Pavona, Italian painter primarily of pastel portraits (born 1695)