The decade of the 1490s in art involved some significant events.
Events
The Renaissance is in full swing during the 1490s, and Leonardo da Vinci is painting in realistic, chiaroscuro style. In music, many new musical styles are being created, including the motet and madrigal, replacing an emphasis on chanting (and simple melodies) with polyphony and homophony. Christopher Columbus's explorations of the New World captivates the artistic imagination of both artists and the public.
Sculptures
Paintings
- 1492: Andrea Mantegna paints ' a depiction of Christ descending into limbo to liberate the souls of the righteous
- 1493
- Albrecht Dürer paints Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle, a self-portrait at the age of 22
- Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis probably paints at least one
- c. 1493–1495: A version of Bernt Notke's Danse Macabre is installed in St. Nicholas Church, Tallinn
- c. 1494: KamÃÂl ud-Dën BehzÃÂd paints The Caliph Harun al-Rashid Visits the Turkish Bath, from a copy of the 12th century Khamsa (Five Poems) of Nizami Ganjavi, Herat, Afghanistan (British Library, London)
- 1495
- Cima da Conegliano paints Madonna and Child
- Giovanni Donato da Montorfano paints The Crucifixion
- Sandro Botticelli paints Calumny of Apelles
- SesshÃ
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 produces Haboku sansui (Broken Ink Landscape)
- c. 1495
- Pedro Berruguete paints '
- Jan Provoost paints a Crucifixion (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
- c. 1495–1496: Leonardo da Vinci probably draws the Portrait of a Young Fiancée for the Sforziada
- c. 1495–1500: Hieronymus Bosch paints Christ Crowned with Thorns (National Gallery, London)
- c. 1495 and beyond: followers of Martin Schongauer paint the colossal Buhl Altarpiece
- 1496
- An anonymous is painted
- Cima da Conegliano paints Madonna and Child
- c. 1496
- Gentile Bellini paints Procession in St. Mark's Square as one of the commissions for the grand hall of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice.
- Vittore Carpaccio paints Miracle of the Relic of the Cross at the Ponte di Rialto as one of the commissions for the grand hall of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista in Venice.
- Juan de Flandes paints ' (possibly Catherine of Aragon) and '
- c. 1496–1497: Sandro Botticelli paints '
- 1496–1498: Cima da Conegliano paints Madonna and Child, Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Madonna of the Orange Tree and Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
- 1497
- Albrecht Dürer paints Portrait of Dürer's Father at 70
- Andrea Mantegna paints Parnassus and the Trivulzio Madonna
- Pietro Perugino paints the Fano Altarpiece and The Baptism of Christ (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen)
- c. 1497–1498
- Fra Bartolomeo paints '
- Vittore Carpaccio paints the Legend of Saint Ursula series for the Scuola di Sant'Orsola in Venice
- 1498
- Gerard David paints the diptych The Judgement of Cambyses
- Albrecht Dürer paints a Self-Portrait at the age of 26 and (about this date) the Haller Madonna
- Leonardo da Vinci completes painting The Last Supper (Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan))
- c. 1498: Creation of Hours of Louis XII begins
- 1499: Giovanni di Niccolò Mansueti paints '
- c. 1499: Piero di Cosimo paints The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus
Engravings
Births
- 1490: Giovanni Cariani - Italian painter of the high-Renaissance (died 1547)
- 1490: Peter Dell the Elder â German sculptor (died 1552)
- 1490: Agostino Veneziano â Italian engraver (died 1540)
- 1490: Giovanni Maria Francesco Rondani â Italian painter of the Parmesan school of painting (died 1550)
- 1490: Gregório Lopes â Renaissance painter from Portugal (died 1550)
- 1490: Hans Dürer â German Renaissance painter, illustrator, and engraver
- 1490: Peter Flötner - German designer, sculptor, and printmaker (died 1546)
- 1490: Lucas Gassel, Flemish painter (died 1568)
- 1490: Adriaen Isenbrandt â Flemish painter (died 1538)
- 1490: Battista Dossi â Italian painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting (died 1548)
- 1490: Dosso Dossi â Italian Renaissance painter who belonged to the Ferrara School of Painting (died 1542)
- 1490: Vincenzo Pagani - Italian painter (died 1568)
- 1490: Valentin Bousch - French master glass artist and a glass painter (died 1541)
- 1490: Fra Paolo da Pistoia â Italian painter and Dominican friar (died 1547)
- 1490: Diego Siloe â Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor (died 1563)
- 1490: Hans Springinklee - German wood-engraver (died 1540)
- 1490: Marinus van Reymerswaele â Dutch Renaissance painter (died 1546)
- 1490: StanisÃ
Âaw Samostrzelnik â Polish Renaissance painter and Cistercian monk (died 1541)
- 1490/1491: Altobello Melone â Italian painter of the Renaissance (died 1543)
- 1490/1495: Lucas Horenbout â Flemish artist and court miniaturist (died 1544)
- 1491: Francesco Melzi â Italian painter and pupil of Leonardo da Vinci (died 1570)
- 1492: Simone Mosca - Italian sculptor (died 1554)
- 1492: Domenico Puligo - painter from Florence (died 1527)
- 1492: Michelangelo Anselmi â Italian Renaissance-Mannerism painter active mostly in Parma (died 1554)
- 1492/1495: Polidoro da Caravaggio â Italian early Renaissance painter (died 1543)
- 1493: Bartolommeo Bandinelli - Florentine sculptor (died 1560)
- 1493: Barthel Bruyn the Elder - German painter (died 1555)
- 1493: Marco Dente â Italian engraver of the Renaissance (died unknown)
- 1494: Francesco Bacchiacca - Florentine Mannerist painter (died 1557)
- 1494: Giovanni Bernardi - Italian gem engraver and medalist (died 1553)
- 1494: Santi Buglioni - Italian sculptor (died 1576)
- 1494: Qiu Ying â Chinese painter who specialized in the gongbi brush technique (died 1552)
- 1494: Lucas van Leyden â Dutch engraver and painter (died 1533)
- 1494: Rosso Fiorentino â Italian Mannerist painter, in oil and fresco (died 1540)
- 1494: Ambrosius Holbein â German and Swiss artist in painting, drawing and printmaking (died 1519)
- 1494: Innocenzo di Pietro Francucci da Imola â Italian painter and draftsman (died 1550)
- 1494: Pontormo â Italian Mannerist painter and portraitist from the Florentine school (died 1557)
- 1495: Antonio Labacco - Italian architect, engraver, and writer (died 1567)
- 1495: Jan van Scorel â Dutch painter credited with the introduction of High Italian Renaissance art to the Netherlands (died 1562)
- 1495: Francesco Signorelli - Italian Renaissance painter (died 1553)
- 1495: Paris Bordone - Venetian painter (died 1570)
- 1495: Scipione Sacco â Italian painter of the Renaissance active in Cesena (died 1558)
- 1495: Hans Weiditz - German Renaissance woodcut artist (died 1536)
- 1496: Dirck Jacobsz â Dutch Renaissance painter (died 1567)
- 1496: Lu Zhi â Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet during the Ming Dynasty (died 1576)
- 1497: Hans Holbein the Younger â German artist and printmaker who worked in a Northern Renaissance style (died 1543)
- 1498: Giulio Bonasone - Italian painter and engraver (died 1574)
- 1498: Giulio Clovio â Renaissance illuminator, miniaturist, and painter, born in Croatia, who worked in Renaissance Italy (died 1578)
- 1498: Diego de Arroyo - Spanish miniature painter (died 1551)
- 1498: Moretto da Brescia â Italian Renaissance painter of Brescia and Venice (died 1554)
- 1498: Lancelot Blondeel - Bruges-based Flemish painter (died 1561)
- 1498: Anthony Toto - Italian painter and architect (died 1554)
- 1498: Maarten van Heemskerck â Dutch portrait and religious painter (died 1574)
- 1499: Hans Asper - Swiss painter (died 1571)
- 1499: Michael Coxcie - painter (died 1592)
- 1499: Giulio Romano â Italian painter and architect (died 1546)
- 1499: Jan van Calcar â Netherlandish-born Italian painter, pupil of Titian (died 1546)
Deaths
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