Events from the year 1543 in art.

Events

Works

Image:Portrait_of_Pope_Paul_III_Farnese_(by_Titian)_-_National_Museum_of_Capodimonte.jpg, Titian, '' Portrait of Pope Paul III without a Cap'' *

Benvenuto Cellini Benvenuto Cellini (, ; 3 November 150013 February 1571) was an Italian goldsmith, sculptor, and author. His best-known extant works include the ''Cellini Salt Cellar'', the sculpture of ''Perseus with the Head of Medusa'', and his autobiography ...

sculpts the Cellini Salt Cellar for Francis I of France

Paintings

Hans Holbein the Younger Hans Holbein the Younger ( , ; german: Hans Holbein der Jüngere; – between 7 October and 29 November 1543) was a Germans, German-Swiss people, Swiss painter and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered o ...

– ''Portrait of John Chambers'' *

Lucas Horenbout Lucas Horenbout, often called Hornebolte in England ( 1490/1495–1544), was a Flemish people, Flemish artist who moved to England in the mid-1520s and worked there as "King's Painter" and court miniaturist to Henry VIII of England, King Hen ...

– Portrait miniature of Hans Holbein the Younger * Lorenzo Lotto – '' Husband and Wife'' * Master IW - ''The murder of St. Wenceslas'' at St Vitus Cathedral, PragueKarel Chytil: Kdo byl mistr I.W.? in Památky archeologické a místopisné XVI, Praha 1895, pp. 555-558; Ladislav Kesner st.: Mistr IW., Galerie výtvarného umění, Litoměřice 1993 * Titian - ''Ecce Homo''

Births

* February 16 -

Kanō Eitoku was a Japanese painter who lived during the Azuchi–Momoyama period of Japanese history and one of the most prominent patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting. Life and works Born in Kyoto, Eitoku was the grandson of Kanō Moto ...

, Japanese painter of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, patriarchs of the Kanō school of Japanese painting (died

1590 Events January–June * January 4 – The Cortes of Castile approves a new subsidy, the '' millones''. * March 4 – Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange, takes Breda, by concealing 68 of his best men in a peat-boat, to ge ...

) *''date unknown'' ** Alessandro Fei, Italian painter who primarily worked in a Mannerist style (died

1592 Events January–June * January 30 – Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope. He immediately recalls the Sixtine Vulgate. * February 7 – G ...

) ** Quentin Metsys the Younger, Flemish painter at the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England (died

1589 Events January–June * War of the Three Henrys: In France, the Catholic League is in rebellion against King Henry III, in revenge for his murder of Henry I, Duke of Guise in December 1588. The King makes peace with his old riv ...

) *''probable'' - François Quesnel, French painter of Scottish extraction (died

1619 Events January–June * January 12 – James I of England's Banqueting House, Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire."Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Conne ...

)

Deaths

*October/November -

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

and

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

who worked in a Northern Renaissance style (born

1497 Year 1497 ( MCDXCVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 7 (Shrove Tuesday) – Followers of Girolamo Savonarola burn thousands of ...

) *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

Francesco Granacci Francesco Granacci (1469 – 30 November 1543) was an Italian Renaissance painter active primarily in his native Florence. Though little-known today, he was regarded in his time and is featured in Giorgio Vasari's ''Lives of the Artists''. ...

, Italian painter (born

1469 Year 1469 ( MCDLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 4 – Battle of Qarabagh: Uzun Hasan decisively defeats the Timurids of ...

) *''date unknown'' ** Polidoro da Caravaggio, Italian painter (born 1492/1495) **

Altobello Melone Altobello Melone ( 1490–1491 – before 3 May 1543) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. Biography Melone was born in Cremona. His work merges Lombard and Mannerist styles. In Cremona, he encountered the elder Girolamo Romanino. He ...

, Italian painter (born 1490/1491)

References

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