Art year 1501
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Overview of the Art Years
Further events
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 Saint Eustachius around 1501 . |
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Events
sculpture
After his return from Rome to his hometown of Florence for health reasons receives Michelangelo Buonarroti by Cardinal Francesco Piccolomini commissioned to decorate a tomb with 15 sculptures already in the Cathedral of Siena in honor of the most famous member of the family, Pope Pius II. Begun has been. Only four of these figures are finally executed, admittedly only partially by the hand of the master himself.
In the same year Michelangelo received the order for a colossal David statue from the influential Arte della Lana , the wool weavers' guild in Florence . He has a huge block of marble from Carrara at his disposal, which has been stored in the cathedral garden since 1468. Before that, the sculptors Agostino di Duccio (1464) and Antonio Rossellino (1476) had left the massive block roughly hewn and abandoned it. Michelangelo's work on the statue lasted until 1504 .
painting
- April 4 : The painting Madonna with the Spindle by Leonardo da Vinci , which is now lost , is first mentioned in a letter.
- September 13 : The Pala of Blessed Nicholas of Tolentino , a large altar painting for the Baronci Chapel in the Church of Sant'Agostino in Città di Castello , is completed. Raffael and Evangelista da Pian di Meleto received the contract together at the end of last year. The blessed Nicholas of Tolentino standing in the center of the picture is depicted in an archway with the devil at his feet. Around him there are three angels with banners and above his head there is God the Father, with a crown in his hands, surrounded by angel heads. To the left is Mary and St. Augustine , these two also carry a crown in their hand.
- after September 20: On the occasion of his assumption of office, Giovanni Bellini painted the portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan in oil and tempera on poplar wood .
- The Italian painter Giovanni Antonio Bazzi, known as Sodoma , came to Siena , where he made various frescoes and panel paintings .
- around 1501: Leonardo da Vinci starts working on his painting Anna Selbdritt .
- around 1500/1501: Michelangelo paints the panel painting The Entombment of Christ in oil on wood .
Born
- Perino del Vaga , Italian painter and plasterer († 1547 )
Died
- October 12 : Matteo Civitali , Italian sculptor (* 1436 )
- Francesco di Giorgio Martini , Italian painter, sculptor, architect and architectural theorist (* 1439 )
- Peter von Koblenz , German builder and stonemason (* around 1440 )
