1517 in art

The year 1517 in art involved some significant events and new works.

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Events

• Hans Baldung leaves Freiburg and returns to Strasbourg.[1]
• Sebastiano del Piombo begins painting The Raising of Lazarus (circa 1517).[2]
• Perugino completes the altarpiece for the San Agostino Church in Perugia.
• Pontormo begins work on Joseph in Egypt (completed in 1518).
• Raphael begins decorating the Logge Vaticane (completed in 1519).
• Domenico Fancelli completes sculpting the tomb of the Catholic Monarchs in the Royal Chapel of Granada.

Works

Lucas Cranach the Elder – Portrait of a Saxon Princess

• Andrea del Sarto – Madonna of the Harpies[3]
• Hans Baldung – Death and the Maiden[4]
• Lucas Cranach the Elder – Portrait of a Saxon Princess
• Niklaus Manuel Deutsch – Death and the Maiden[5]
• Lorenzo Lotto – Susanna and the Elders[6]
• Quentin Matsys – Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus[7]
• Pontormo – St. Quentin
• Raphael
  • Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary (Lo Spasimo; approximate date)
  • The Path of Suffering
• Raphael's workshop
  • frescos for "Raphael Rooms" in the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican
  • The Coronation of Charlemagne (probably executed by Gianfrancesco Penni)
  • The Oath of Leo III

Births

• September 6 - Francisco de Holanda, Portuguese humanist and painter (born c. 1517, died 1585)[8]
• December 15 - Giacomo Gaggini, Italian sculptor (died 1598)
• date unknown
  • Frans Floris, Flemish painter and one of a large family trained to the study of art in Flanders (born c. 1517, died 1570)[9]
  • Willem Mahue, Flemish painter (died 1569)
• approximate date - Antonis Mor, Dutch portrait painter (died 1577)
• 1517/1524: Niccolò Circignani, Italian painter of the late-Renaissance or Mannerist period (died 1596)[10]

Deaths

• January 5 – Francesco Raibolini known as Francesco Francia, Bolognese painter and medalist (born 1450)[11]
• October 31 – Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine painter (born 1472)[12]
• date unknown
  • Nikola Božidarević, Croatian painter (born 1460)[13]
  • Cima da Conegliano, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1459 or 1460, died 1517 or 1518)[14]
  • Guidoccio Cozzarelli - Italian Renaissance painter and miniaturist (born 1450)

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hans Baldung ("GRÜN")" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 639.
2. "Key facts | Sebastiano del Piombo | The Raising of Lazarus". National Gallery. Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
3. Geronimus, Dennis (31 January 2007). Piero di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-0300109115. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
4. De Pascale, Enrico (15 March 2009). Death and Resurrection in Art. Los Angeles: Getty Publications. p. 239. ISBN 978-0892369478. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
5. Binion, Rudolph (1 February 1993). Love Beyond Death: The Anatomy of a Myth in the Arts. New York and London: New York University Press. p. 94. ISBN 0814711898. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
6. Kuiper, Kathleen, ed. (20 December 2009). The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of the Renaissance. New York: The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 229. ISBN 978-1615300433. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
7. Gillis, Peter (28 November 2006). Hand, John Oliver; Spronk, Ron; Metzger, Catherine A. (eds.). Prayers and Portraits: Unfolding the Netherlandish Diptych. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 116. ISBN 0300121555. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
8. Brundin, Abigail (2008). Vittoria Colonna and the Spiritual Poetics of the Italian Reformation. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 29. ISBN 978-0754640493. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
9. "Frans Floris the elder". Art UK. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
10. Ostrow, Steven F. (18 April 2005). "The counter-reformation and the end of the century". In Hall, Marcia B. (ed.). Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 269. ISBN 0521624452. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
11. "Francia". Catholic Encyclopedia. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1909. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
12. "Fra Bartolommeo". National Gallery. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
13. Stewart, James (1 June 2006). Croatia. London: New Holland Publishers. p. 25. ISBN 1860113192. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
14. Arrigoni, Luisa; Daffra, Emanuela; Marani, Pietro C. (1998). The Brera Gallery: The Official Guide. Touring Editore. p. 84. ISBN 8836514065. Retrieved 14 August 2012.