1742 in art

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Events from the year 1742 in art.

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Canaletto paints in England.

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 – Taste in High Life (painting; engraved in 1746)

Jacques Saly – Portrait bust of Emanuel Pinto de Fonseca, Grand Master of the Order of the Maltese Cross

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)

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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