1517 in art

Events

*Hans Baldung leaves Freiburg and returns to Strasbourg
*Sebastiano del Piombo begins painting "The Raising of Lazarus"
*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)

Works

*Hans Baldung - "Death and the Maiden"
*Lucas Cranach the Elder - "Portrait of a Saxon Princess"
*Andrea del Sarto - "Madonna of the Harpies"
*Niklaus Manuel Deutsch - "Death and the Maiden"
*Lorenzo Lotto - "Susanna and the Elders"
*Quentin Matsys - "Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus"
*Raphael - "The Path of Suffering"

Births

* Frans Floris - Flemish painter, was one of a large family trained to the study of art in Flanders (d. 1570)
* Francisco de Holanda - Portuguese humanist and painter (d. 1585)

Deaths

* January 5 (or 1518) - Francesco Raibolini known as Francesco Francia, Bolognese painter and medalist (born c.1450)
*October 31 - Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine painter (b. 1472)
* Cima da Conegliano - Italian Renaissance painter (b. 1459)