1543 in art

Events from the year 1543 in art.

Works

 * Benvenuto Cellini sculpts the Cellini Salt Cellar for Francis I of France

Paintings

 * Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of John Chambers
 * Lucas Horenbout – Portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger
 * Lorenzo Lotto – Husband and Wife
 * Master IW - The murder of St. Wenceslas at St Vitus Cathedral, Prague
 * Titian - Ecce Homo

Births

 * February 16 - Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting (died 1590)
 * date unknown
 * Alessandro Fei, Italian painter who primarily worked in a Mannerist style (died 1592)
 * Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England (died 1589)
 * probable - François Quesnel, French painter of Scottish extraction (died 1619)

Deaths

 * October/November - Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style (born 1497)
 * November 30 - Francesco Granacci, Italian painter (born 1469)
 * date unknown
 * Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian painter (born 1492/1495)
 * Altobello Melone, Italian painter (born 1490/1491)