1511 in art
Events from the year 1511 in art.
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Events
- Albrecht Dürer publishes his woodcut series "Life of the Virgin", the "Great Passion" and "Little Passion".
- Michelangelo's 1508 bronze statue of Pope Julius II in San Petronio Basilica, Bologna is destroyed.
- The Miracle of 1511, a festival in Brussels in which the locals built approximately 110 satirical snowmen.
Painting
- Albrecht Dürer – Adoration of the Trinity (Landauer Altarpiece)
- Matthias Grünewald – The Small Crucifixion
- Michelangelo – The Creation of the Sun, Moon and Planets
- Raphael
- Titian
- The Gypsy Madonna
- Miracle of the Jealous Husband (fresco, Scuola del Santo, Padua)
- The Miracle of the Speaking Babe
- St. Mark Enthroned (1510 or 1511; Santa Maria della Salute, Venice)
Sculpture
- Adam Dircksz (attrib.) – Miniature altarpiece (British Museum, London, WB.232)
Births
- Bartolomeo Ammanati, architect and sculptor (died 1592)
- Camillo Boccaccino, Italian painter active mainly in Cremona and regions of Lombardy (died 1546)
- Jean Court, enamel painter (died 1583)
- Zhang Han, Chinese scholar-official, literary author, painter, and essayist (died 1593)
- Bernardino Lanini, Italian Renaissance painter active mainly in Milan (died 1578)
- Lelio Orsi, Italian Renaissance painter of the Reggio Emilia school (died 1587)
- Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists (died 1574)
Deaths
- Simón de Colonia, Spanish architect and sculptor (b. unknown)
- Raimo Epifanio Tesauro, Italian Renaissance painter specializing in frescoes (born 1480)
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