1685 in art
Events from the year 1685 in art.Paintings
- Richard Brakenburgh – :File:R. Brakenburg Feast of St Nicholas 1685.jpg|Feast of St Nicholas
- Claudio Coello – :File:SaintDominic.jpg|St Dominic of Guzman
- Aert de Gelder – :File:Aert de Gelder 004.jpg|Esther and Mordecai
- Simon Ushakov – The Last Supper
Sculpture
- Pierre Lepautre – Faune au chevreau
Births
- March 17 – Jean-Marc Nattier, French painter
- November 5 - Peter Angelis, French painter
- November 15 – Balthasar Denner, German portrait painter
- date unknown
- * Charles Cressent, French furniture-maker, sculptor and fondeur-ciseleur of the régence style
- * Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica
- * Bernardo Germán de Llórente, Spanish painter of the late-Baroque period
- * Francesco Sleter, Italian painter active in England
- * Jan van Gool, Dutch painter and writer
- probable
- * William Kent, architect and designer
- * Johann Georg Schmidt, Austrian Baroque painter
Deaths
- January – Herman Saftleven, Dutch painter
- March 25 – Nicolas Robert, French miniaturist and engraver
- May – Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch genre painter
- June 16 – Anne Killigrew, English poet and painter
- August 8 – Giovanni Battista Salvi or Sassoferrato, Italian painter
- September – Adam Colonia, Dutch painter working in England
- October 2 – David Teniers III, Flemish painter
- October 3 – Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter
- date unknown
- * Li Yin, Chinese painter, poet and calligrapher
- * Giulio Trogli, Italian painter nicknamed il Paradosso
- * Jan Baptist van Heil, Flemish painter
