Art year 1515

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Art year 1515
Albrecht Dürer made the woodcut Rhinocerus .

Events

Architecture and sculpture

The hexagonal pulpit in St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna

The Gothic pulpit of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna , made from Breitenbrunn sand-lime brick , is completed.

The construction of the late Gothic style St. Anne's monastery and the associated church in Lübeck will be completed after around 13 years of construction.

The Portuguese King Manuel I commissioned the construction of the Torre de Belém , today one of the landmarks of Lisbon in the Manueline style .

painting

The Madonna of Saint Francis

Antonio da Correggio completes the altarpiece The Madonna of St. Francis in his hometown Correggio . On April 4th he handed it over to his clients, the monks of the Minorite monastery. A Sacra Conversazione is shown , a representation of the enthroned Madonna together with saints in a spiritual conversation. This picture is considered to be the first independent painting by Correggio, in which he was one of the first artists after Raphael to transfer the style of the 15th century Quattrocento into the 16th century Cinquecento . The first baroque echoes are visible here.

Albrecht Dürer made the woodcut Rhinocerus .
Joachim Patinir and Gerard David are accepted into the Antwerp Guild of St. Luke .
On the occasion of a wedding, Jacopo da Pontormo was commissioned to paint Joseph in Egypt .

Bellini: Noah's drunkenness

around 1515: Giovanni Bellini completes the painting Noah's Drunkenness .

Others

1514/1515 : The imperial court printer Johann Schönsperger prints Maximilian I's prayer book in Augsburg .

Born

October 4 : Lucas Cranach the Younger , German painter and graphic artist († 1586 )

Nicolas Beatrizet , French engraver in Italy († 1565 )
Pierre Lescot , French architect and sculptor († 1578 )

around 1515: Lambert Sustris , Dutch painter († probably after 1591)

Died

March 23 : Giacomo Cozzarelli , Italian architect, sculptor, bronze caster and painter (* 1453 )
November 5 : Mariotto Albertinelli , Italian painter (* 1474 )

Giovanni Giocondo , Italian Dominican, humanist, archaeologist, architect and architectural theorist (* 1433 )
Pietro Lombardo , Italian sculptor and builder (* around 1435 )