1502 in art

Events

• The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is formed by merger as a Livery Company of the City of London.

Works

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  Raphael, Portrait of a Man

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  Dürer, Young Hare

• Vittore Carpaccio – St. Augustine in His Study
• Albrecht Dürer – Young Hare
• Andrea Mantegna – Triumph of the Virtues
• Raphael – Portrait of a Man
• Michael Sittow – "Vienna" portrait, probably of Catherine of Aragon (c.1502-4)

Births

• Pieter van Aelst, Flemish artist of paintings and tapestries (died 1550)
• Heinrich Aldegrever, German painter and engraver (died 1555/1561)
• Barthel Beham, German engraver, miniaturist and painter (died 1540)
• Wen Boren, Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty (died 1575)
• Luis de Vargas, Spanish painter of the late-Renaissance period (died 1568)
• Pier Francesco Foschi, Italian painter active in Florence in a Mannerist style (died 1567)
• Bartolomeo Veneto, Italian portrait painter (died 1546)

Deaths

• Francesco di Giorgio, Italian painter of the Sienese School, a sculptor, an architect and theorist, and a military engineer (born 1439)
• Dionisius, head of the Moscow school of icon painters (born 1440)
• Francesco Laurana, Dalmatian-born sculptor and medallist (born 1430)
• Alvise Vivarini, Italian painter (born 1446)
• 1501/1502: Vittorio Crivelli, Italian painter (born 1440)
• 1502/1503: Giovanni Donato da Montorfano, Italian painter (born 1460)