1504 in art

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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.^[1]
September 8 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
The Signoria of Florence commissions both Michelangelo^[2] and Leonardo da Vinci to paint the walls of the Grand Council Chamber in the Palazzo della Signoria.

Works

Barbari, trompe-l'œil, Still life with Partridge and Gauntlets
Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights
Cranach, The Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Dürer, Adoration of the Magi
Giorgione, Judith
Raphael, Marriage of the Virgin

Sculpture

Michelangelo's David

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 – The Vision of St. Bernard with Sts. Benedict and John the Evangelist (approximate date)
Hieronymus Bosch – The Garden of Earthly Delights (triptych; approximate date)
Cima da Conegliano (approximate date)
- Christ among the doctors
- Madonna and Child (Uffizi and San Francisco versions)
- Saints Peter Martyr, Nicholas of Bari, Benedict and an Angel Musician
Lucas Cranach the Elder – The Rest on the Flight to Egypt
Albrecht Dürer
- Adoration of the Magi
- Joachim and Anne Meeting at the Golden Gate (woodcut)
Giorgione (approximate date)
- Castelfranco Madonna^[3]
- 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)

Publications

Pomponius Gauricus – De sculptura

Births

April 30 – Francesco Primaticcio, Bolognese painter, architect and sculptor (died 1570)^[4]
October 29 – Shin Saimdang, Korean genre works painter and calligraphist (died 1551)
date unknown – Sesson Shukei, Japanese Zen monk and painter from the Muromachi period (died 1589)
probable – Marco d'Agrate, Italian sculptor (died 1574)

Deaths

April 15 – Filippino Lippi, Tuscan painter (born 1457)^[5]
date unknown
- Pedro Berruguete, Spanish painter (born 1450)
- Gian Giacomo Dolcebuono, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1445)
- Matteo Lappoli, Italian painter (born 1450)
- Master I. A. M. of Zwolle, anonymous Dutch goldsmith and engraver (born 1440)

References

^ Denise L. Bissonnette; Maurizia Binda; Michelangelo Buonarroti (1992). The Genius of the Sculptor in Michelangelo's Work. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-891921-59-9.
^ Gabriella Di Cagno (2008). Michelangelo. The Oliver Press, Inc. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-934545-01-0.
^ Dana Facaros; Michael Pauls (2001). Northeast Italy. Cadogan Guides. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-86011-808-1.
^ Encyclopedia of World Biography: Orozco-Radisson. Gale Research. 1998. p. 453. ISBN 978-0-7876-2552-8.
^ Rona Goffen (1 January 2002). Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian. Yale University Press. p. 433. ISBN 978-0-300-10589-6.