Events from the year 1742 in art.
Events
Works
- 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)
- 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
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
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