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1506 in art
Events from the year
1506 in art
.
Events
14 January - The
classical
statue of
Laocoön and His Sons
is unearthed in a vineyard near the site of the
Domus Aurea
of the
Roman emperor
Nero
and the
Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore
in
Rome
. On the recommendation of
Giuliano da Sangallo
and
Michelangelo
,
Pope Julius II
purchases it and places it on public display in the
Vatican
a month later.
Francesco Raibolini
becomes a court painter in
Mantua
.
Works
Painting
Giorgione
Laura
(
Portrait of a Young Bride
)
' (approximate date)
Leonardo da Vinci
âÂÂ
Mona Lisa
Raphael
Madonna del cardellino
Portrait of Maddalena Doni
Young Woman with Unicorn
Albrecht Dürer
âÂÂ
Portrait of a Young Woman
Births
April 13
-
Peter Faber
(or Pierre Favre), French Jesuit painter and sculptor (died
1546
)
date unknown
-
Ippolito Costa
, Italian painter (died
1561
)
probable
Domenico del Barbieri
,
Florentine
painter (died
1570
)
Hans Brosamer
, German engraver, wood-cutter, and portraitist (died
1554
)
Girolamo Lombardo
, Italian sculptor (died
1590
)
Bernard Salomon
, French painter, draftsman and engraver (died
1561
)
Deaths
August 26
-
Sesshà « Tà Âyà Â
, master of
suibokuga
(ink painting), and a
Rinzai
Zen
Buddhist
priest (born
1420
)
September 13
-
Andrea Mantegna
,
Italian Renaissance
painter and engraver (born
1431
)
probable
Pietro di Domenico
- Italian Renaissance painter (born
1457
)
Pier Antonio Mezzastris
, Italian painter of the
Umbria
n school (born
1430
)
Giovanni di Stefano
, Italian bronze-caster, engineer, and sculptor (born
1443
)
References