1743 in art

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)