1543 in art
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Events from the year 1543 in art.
Works
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- Benvenuto Cellini sculpts the Cellini Salt Cellar for Francis I of France
Paintings
- Hans Holbein the Younger â Portrait of John Chambers
- Lucas Horenbout â Portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger
- Lorenzo Lotto â Husband and Wife
- Master IW - The murder of St. Wenceslas at St Vitus Cathedral, Prague[1][2]
- Titian - Ecce Homo
Births
- February 16 - KanÅ Eitoku, Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the KanÅ 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)