Events from the year1743 in art.

• Canaletto paintsRome: View of the Colosseum and the Arch of Constantine,The Molo, Looking West,The Piazzetta, Looking North andCapriccio: The Horses of S. Marco in the Piazzetta (now in BritishRoyal Collection)
• Antonio Corradini sculptsThe Vestal Virgin Tuccia
• Arthur Devis probably paintsMr and Mrs Atherton
• William Hogarth begins painting hisMarriage à-la-mode series^[1]
• Andrea Soldi paints aSelf-portrait
• Louis-Michel van Loo completesThe Family of Philip V

• January 3 –Joseph-Benoît Suvée, Flemish painter (died1807)
• March 5 –Jean-Simon Berthélemy, French history painter (died1811)
• March 9 –Johann Kaspar Füssli, Swiss painter (died1786)
• May 2 –William Parry, Welsh portrait painter (died1791)
• 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 (died1809)
• probable –Louis Jean Desprez, painter and architect (died1804)
• date unknown
  • Jean-Laurent Mosnier, French painter and miniaturist (died1808)
  • Erik Westzynthius the Younger, Finnish painter (died1787)

• January 3 –Ferdinando Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer/painter and author (born1656)
• April 20 –Alexandre-François Desportes. French painter and decorative designer who specialised in animal works (b.1661)
• September 14 –Nicolas Lancret,French painter (born1690)
• October 9 –Wenzel Lorenz Reiner, Czech Baroque painter (born1686)
• October 20 –Michael Dahl,Swedishportrait painter (born1659)
• December
  • Fra Galgario,Bergamese painter, mainly of portraits during theRococo epoch (born1655)
  • Giuseppe Ghislandi, Italian painter fromBergamo (born1655)
• December 27 –Hyacinthe Rigaud,French painter ofCatalan origin (born1659)
• date unknown
  • Giacomo Antonio Arland, Italian painter (born1668)
  • Antoine Aveline, French engraver (born1691)
  • Pietro Paolo Cristofari, Italian artist responsible for a number of the mosaics inSt. Peter's Basilica (born1685)
  • Placido Campolo, Italian painter of the late-Baroque period (born1693)
  • Girolamo Donnini, Italian painter of theBaroque period (born1681)
  • Antonio Filocamo, Italian painter at various churches and oratories inMessina (born1669)
  • Sarah Hoadly, English portrait painter (born1676)
  • Ogata Kenzan,Japanesepotter andpainter (born1663)
  • Giovanni Tuccari, Italian painter of battle scenes (born1667)