1743 in art

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Events from the year 1743 in art.

Works

• Canaletto paints Rome: View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine, The Molo, Looking West, The Piazzetta, Looking North and Capriccio: The Horses of S. Marco in the Piazzetta (now in British Royal Collection)
• Antonio Corradini sculpts The Vestal Virgin Tuccia
• Arthur Devis probably paints Mr and Mrs Atherton
• William Hogarth begins painting his Marriage à-la-mode series
• Andrea Soldi paints a Self-portrait
• Louis-Michel van Loo completes The Family of Philip V

Births

• January 3 – Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Flemish painter (died 1807)
• March 5 – Jean-Simon Berthélemy, French history painter (died 1811)
• March 9 – Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter (died 1786)
• May 2 – William Parry, Welsh portrait painter (died 1791)
• July 24 – Giocondo Albertolli, Swiss-born architect, painter, and sculptor who was active in Italy (d. 1839)
• September 11 – Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Danish Neoclassicist painter (died 1809)
• probable – Louis Jean Desprez, painter and architect (died 1804)
• date unknown
  • Jean-Laurent Mosnier, French painter and miniaturist (died 1808)
  • Erik Westzynthius the Younger, Finnish painter (died 1787)

Deaths

• January 3 – Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter and author (born 1656)
• April 20 – Alexandre-François Desportes. French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works (b. 1661)
• September 14 – Nicolas Lancret, French painter (born 1690)
• October 9 – Wenzel Lorenz Reiner, Czech Baroque painter (born 1686)
• October 20 – Michael Dahl, Swedish portrait painter (born 1659)
• December
  • Fra Galgario, Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during the Rococo epoch (born 1655)
  • Giuseppe Ghislandi, Italian painter from Bergamo (born 1655)
• December 27 – Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter of Catalan origin (born 1659)
• date unknown
  • Giacomo Antonio Arland, Italian painter (born 1668)
  • Antoine Aveline, French engraver (born 1691)
  • Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics in St. Peter's Basilica (born 1685)
  • Placido Campolo, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (born 1693)
  • Girolamo Donnini, Italian painter of the Baroque period (born 1681)
  • Antonio Filocamo, Italian painter at various churches and oratories in Messina (born 1669)
  • Sarah Hoadly, English portrait painter (born 1676)
  • Ogata Kenzan, Japanese potter and painter (born 1663)
  • Giovanni Tuccari, Italian painter of battle scenes (born 1667)