1504 in art

Events from the year 1504 in art.

Events

• January 25 – A committee of artists and citizens of Florence, including Leonardo da Vinci, Sandro Botticelli, Cosimo Rosselli and Piero di Cosimo, meets to decide on the placement of Michelangelo's marble statue of David.
• September 8 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
• The Signoria of Florence commissions both Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo della Signoria.

Works

Sculpture

• Michelangelo
• David
• Madonna of Bruges
• Pitti Tondo (marble bas-relief)
• Taddei Tondo

Graphic art

• Jacopo de' Barbari – Still life with Partridge and Gauntlets
• Fra Bartolomeo – ' (approximate date)
• Hieronymus Bosch – The Garden of Earthly Delights (triptych; approximate date)
• Cima da Conegliano (approximate date)
• '
• Madonna and Child (Uffizi and San Francisco versions)
• Saints Peter Martyr, Nicholas of Bari, Benedict and an Angel Musician
• Lucas Cranach the Elder – '
• Albrecht Dürer
• Adoration of the Magi
• Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate (woodcut)
• Giorgione (approximate date)
• Castelfranco Madonna
• Judith
• Leonardo da Vinci – The Battle of Anghiari
• Pietro Perugino – Marriage of the Virgin
• Raphael
• Portrait of Pietro Bembo
• Marriage of the Virgin
• Saint George
• Vision of a Knight
• The Seven Works of Mercy (Master of Alkmaar)