1520 in art

Events

• The oldest known painting depicting Stockholm was painted in the church of Storkyrkan.
• Considered the start of the Mannerism art period

Works

Painting

• Albrecht Altdorfer – Departure of Saint Florian
• Domenico Campagnola – Gerolamo
• Il Garofalo – Ascension of Christ
• Francesco Melzi – Flora
• Raphael – Transfiguration
• Jan van Scorel – Sippenaltar

Births

• Gaspar Becerra – Spanish painter and sculptor (d. 1570)
• Leonardo Brescia – Italian painter (d. 1582)
• Mirabello Cavalori – Italian painter mainly active in Florence (d. 1572)
• Étienne Dupérac – French painter, draughtsman and engraver, topographer and antiquarian (d. 1607)
• Hans Eworth – Flemish painter (d. 1574)
• Nicolás Factor – Spanish painter of the Renaissance period (d. 1583)
• Frans Floris – Flemish painter (d. 1570)
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder – Flemish printmaker and painter associated with the English court of the mid-16th Century (d. 1590)
• Francesco Imparato – Italian painter active mainly in his natal city of Naples (d. 1570)
• Anthony More, Dutch portrait painter (d. 1576)
• Domenico Poggini – Italian sculptor (d. 1590)
• Girolamo Porro – Italian engraver on wood and on copper (d. unknown)
• Giuseppe Porta – Italian painter active mainly in Venice (d. 1575)
• Ercole Procaccini the Elder – Italian painter mainly active in Milan (d. 1591)
• Martin Van Cleve – Flemish painter of the Van Cleve family (d. 1570)
• (b. 1520/1524): Giovanni Battista Moroni – Italian painter of the mannerist period (d. 1578)

Deaths

• Raphael – Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance (b. 1483)
• Marx Reichlich – Austrian painter of primarily religious scenes (b. 1460)
• Niccolo Rondinelli – Italian painter active mainly in Ravenna (b. 1468)