1543 in art
Events from the year 1543 in art.
Works
- Benvenuto Cellini sculpts the Cellini Salt Cellar for Francis I of France
Paintings
- Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of John Chambers
- Lucas Horenbout – Portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger
- Lorenzo Lotto – Husband and Wife
- Master IW - The murder of St. Wenceslas at St Vitus Cathedral, Prague
- Titian - ''Ecce Homo''
Births
- February 16 - Kanō Eitoku, Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting
- date unknown
- *Alessandro Fei, Italian painter who primarily worked in a Mannerist style
- *Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England
- probable - François Quesnel, French painter of Scottish extraction
Deaths
- October/November - Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style
- November 30 - Francesco Granacci, Italian painter
- date unknown
- *Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian painter
- *Altobello Melone, Italian painter