1742 in art

none August 2026 1742 art Events from the year 1742 in art. Events Canaletto paints in England. Works thumb|The Building of Westminster Bridge by Samuel Scott François Boucher – Diana Leaving her Bathhttps://www.wga.hu/html_m/b/boucher/1/diana_re.html Diana Resting after her Bath Web Gallery of Art 3 August 2026 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 Portrait of Theodore Jacobsen 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 References Category:Years of the 18th century in art Category:1740s in art