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1742 in art

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1742 in art

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Events from the year 1742 in art.

Events

  • Canaletto paints in England.

Works

Samuel Scott
  • François Boucher – Diana Leaving her Bath
  • Canaletto
    • The Porta Portello, Padua (1741–1742) (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.)
    • Rome: The Arch of Constantine (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
    • Rome: The Arch of Septimius Severus (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
    • Rome: The Arch of Titus (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
    • Rome: The Pantheon (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
    • Rome: Ruins of the Forum looking towards the Capitol (British Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
  • William Hogarth (paintings)
    • Miss Mary Edwards
    • Taste in High Life (engraved in 1746)
  • Vincenzo Meucci – Glory of Florentine Saints (fresco on interior of dome, basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence)
  • Jacques Saly – Portrait bust of Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of the Maltese Cross
  • Samuel Scott – The Building of Westminster Bridge

Births

  • February 15 – Yves-Marie Le Gouaz, French engraver (died 1816)
  • April 24 – Richard Crosse, English painter of portrait miniatures (died 1810)
  • July 12 – Jurriaan Andriessen, Dutch decorative painter (died 1819)
  • September 8 – Ozias Humphrey, English painter of portrait miniatures (died 1810)
  • September 26 – Thomas Jones, Welsh artist of watercolours and sketches (died 1803)
  • November 5 – Richard Cosway, British miniaturist (died 1821)
  • date unknown
    • John Edwards, English botanist, painter, designer and illustrator (died 1815)
    • Kim Eung-hwan, Korean painter of the late Joseon period (died 1789)
    • John Kay, caricaturist (died 1826)

Deaths

  • March 13 – Gilles-Marie Oppenordt, French designer (born 1672)
  • June 9 – Simone Brentana, Italian painter, active in Verona (born 1656)
  • July 19 – Jan Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor active in the Netherlands (born 1697)
  • December 3 – Claude Aubriet, illustrator and botanical artist (born 1651)
  • date unknown – Faustino Bocchi, Italian painter, active in Brescia, who specialized in bizarre paintings of dwarfs (born 1659)
  • probable – Eleazar Albin, naturalist and illustrator
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