1518 in art

Overview of the events of 1518 in art

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Events from the year 1518 in art.

## Events

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* Titian begins painting The Worship of Venus (Madrid, Museo del Prado) during 1518-1519 and completes his large Assumption of the Virgin (1516-1518) for the altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, his first major commission in the city.
* Bernard van Orley probably makes four tapestry cartoons for the Legend of Our Lady on the Zavel during 1516-1518.

## Paintings

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Dürer – Maria Praying, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

* Albrecht Altdorfer \- Sebastian Altar in St. Florian's Priory, Sankt Florian, near Linz, Upper Austria
* Albrecht Dürer \- Maria Praying
* Adriaen Isenbrandt
* Bröhmse triptych with Adoration of the Magi (St. Mary's Church, Lübeck; destroyed 1942)
* Portrait of Paulus de Nigro
* Raphael (some dates approximate)
* Ezekiel's Vision
* Self-portrait with a friend
* St. Michael Vanquishing Satan
* The Holy Family of Francis I
* Titian \- Assumption of the Virgin

## Births

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* September 29 – Tintoretto (real name Jacopo Comin), Italian painter of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance (died 1594) [1]
* date unknown
* Antonio Badile, Italian painter from Verona (died 1560)
* Hieronymus Cock, Flemish painter, etcher and publisher of prints (died 1570)
* Étienne Delaune, French engraver and goldsmith (died 1595)
* Mayken Verhulst, Flemish miniature, tempera and watercolor painter (died 1599)
* Marx Weiß, German Gothic painter (died 1580)

## Deaths

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* January 5 (or 1517) – Francesco Raibolini known as Francesco Francia, Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist (born 1450)[2]
* date unknown
* Lorenzo Fasolo, Lombard painter (born 1463)
* Francisco Henriques, Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal (b. unknown)[3]
* Guido Mazzoni, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1445)[4]
* Domenico Morone, Italian painter from Verona (born 1442)
* Rodrigo de Osona \- Spanish Renaissance painter (born 1440)
* Bartolomeo Sanvito, calligrapher (born 1435)

## References

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1. ^ Frank Preston Stearns (1894). Life and Genius of Jacopo Robusti, Called Tintoretto. G.P. Putnam's Sons. p. 52.
2. ^ Elie-Charles Flamand (1968). The Renaissance. Heron. p. 166\. ISBN 978-0-900948-25-1.
3. ^ Maria de Lourdes Simões de Carvalho; Julia Robinson (1997). Crowning Glory: Images of the Virgin in the Arts of Portugal. Newark Museum. p. 44\. ISBN 978-972-758-006-4.
4. ^ The New International Encyclopaedia. Dodd, Mead. 1928. p. 292.