1460s in art

The decade of the 1460s in art involved some significant events.

Events

1465
* Andrea Mantegna begins work on the frescoes in the Camera degli Sposi of the Ducal Palace, Mantua.
* Domenico di Michelino is commissioned to paint the fresco La commedia illumina Firenze in Florence Cathedral.
* Filippo Lippi and his assistants finish work on the fresco cycle of the Stories of St. Stephen and St. John the Baptist in the Great Chapel of Prato Cathedral.
c.1466: Piero della Francesca finishes work on the frescoes of The History of the True Cross in San Francesco, Arezzo.

Paintings

c.1450s–1466: Piero della Francesca – The History of the True Cross
1455–1460: Francesco del Cossa – Polyhymnia
c.1455–1460: Giovanni Bellini
* Presentation at the Temple
* Transfiguration of Christ
c.1457–1460: Piero della Francesca – Madonna del Parto
1459–1461: Benozzo Gozzoli – Journey of the Magi to Bethlehem frescoes in Magi Chapel, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
c.1459–1465: Giovanni Bellini – Agony in the Garden
1459–1466: Andrea Mantegna – Portrait of Carlo de' Medici
1460s: Nuno Gonçalves – Saint Vincent Panels
c.1460s: Antonello da Messina – Salting Madonna
1460: Andrea Mantegna – St. Bernardino of Siena between Two Angels
c.1460: Giovanni Bellini
* Blessing Christ
* The Blood of Christ
* Dead Christ in the Sepulchre
* Pietà
* Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
c.1460: Dieric Bouts
* Head of St. John the Baptist
* The Lamentation of Christ
* Virgin Enthroned with Four Angels
c.1460: Rogier [van der Weyden]
* Crucifixion Diptych
* Portrait of a Lady
* Portrait of Antoine, 'Grand Bâtard' of Burgundy
* Portrait of Francesco d'Este
* Portrait of Charles the Bold
c.1460–1462: Piero della Francesca – Madonna della Misericordia
c.1460–1463: Rogier van der Weyden – The Lamentation of Christ
c.1460–1464: Giovanni Bellini
* Madonna with Child
* Madonna with Child
* Madonna with Child
* Madonna with Child
* Madonna with Child Blessing
c.1460–1464: Rogier van der Weyden – Medici Madonna
c.1460–1470: Andrea Mantegna – Portrait of a Man
c.1461: Andrea Mantegna – Portrait of Francesco Gonzaga
1462
* Andrea Mantegna – Adoration of the Magi
* Benedetto Bembo – Torchiara Polyptych
* Dieric Bouts – '
1462–1465: Caspar Isenmann – high altar of St Martin's Church, Colmar
c.1462–1464: Andrea Mantegna – Death of the Virgin
c.1462–1475: Jaume Huguet and Pau Vergós – The Consecration of Saint Augustine
1463: Bernt Notke – Danse Macabre
1463–1465: Piero della Francesca – The Resurrection
c.1464–1467: Dieric Bouts – The Last Supper
c.1464–1468: Giovanni Bellini – Polyptych of S. Vincenzo Ferreri
1465 or c.1465
* Antonio del Pollaiuolo – Profile Portrait of a Young Lady
* Dieric Bouts – The Martyrdom of St Erasmus
* Domenico di Michelino – La commedia illumina Firenze
* Filippo Lippi – Madonna and Child
c.1465–1467: Sandro Botticelli – Virgin and Child with an Angel
c.1465–1470: Giovanni Bellini – The Head of St John the Baptist
c.1466: Andrea Mantegna – Portrait of Carlo de' Medici
c.1466–1469: Filippo Lippi – Madonna of Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
1467: Shen Zhou – Lofty Mount Lu
c.1467: Sandro Botticelli
* Madonna and Child
* Madonna della Loggia
c.1467–1469: Andrea del Verrocchio – Madonna of the Milk
1467–1470: Hans Memling
* Annunciation
* Portrait of Antoine, 'Grand Bâtard' of Burgundy
c.1468–1469: Sandro Botticelli – Madonna and Child and Two Angels
1468–1470: Dieric Bouts – Altarpiece of the Last Judgment for Leuven Town Hall
1468: Bartolomé Bermejo – St Michael Triumphs Over the Devil, altarpiece for parish church of St Michael, Tous, Valencia
1469: Cosmè Tura – '
c.1469: Sandro Botticelli – Portrait of a Young Man
c.1469–1470
* Sandro Botticelli – Madonna in Glory with Seraphim
* Petrus Christus – Portrait of a Young Woman
* Francesco del Cossa and Cosmè Tura – allegorical frescoes with details in tempera at Palazzo Schifanoia in Ferrara

Sculptures

c.1460: Niccolò dell'Arca – Compianto sul Cristo morto
1464 : Donatello – Judith and Holofernes

Births

1469: Baccio da Montelupo – Italian sculptor
1469: Domenico Fancelli – Italian sculptor working in Spain
1469: Francesco Granacci – Italian painter of the Renaissance
1469: Timoteo Viti – Italian Renaissance painter
1469: Giovanni della Robbia – Italian Renaissance ceramic artist
1469: Michael Sittow – painter from modern Estonia who was trained in the tradition of Early Netherlandish painting
1468: Nunziata d'Antonio – Italian painter, fireworks artist, and bombardier
1468: Bernardo de' Rossi – Italian bishop and patron of the arts
1468: Cornelis Engebrechtsz. – Dutch painter
1468: Ahmed Karahisari – Ottoman calligrapher
1468: Niccolo Rondinelli – Italian painter active mainly in Ravenna
1467: Angelos Pitzamanos – Greek Renaissance painter
1467: Boccaccio Boccaccino – Italian painter of the Emilian school
1467: Pellegrino da San Daniele – Italian painter in the late-Quattrocento and Renaissance styles
1466/1467: Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio – Italian painter of the High Renaissance who worked in the studio of Leonardo da Vinci
1466: Agostino Chigi – Italian banker and patron of the arts
1446: Heinrich Bichler – Swiss painter
1466: Agnolo di Domenico del Mazziere – Italian painter and draughtsman of Renaissance art
1466: Bastiano Mainardi Italian painter
1466: Antonio de Saliba – Italian painter
1466: Raffaellino del Garbo – Italian painter
1466: Quentin Matsys – Flemish painter
1465: Hans Fries – Swiss painter before the Reformation
1465: Gerard Horenbout – Flemish miniaturist
1465: Geertgen tot Sint Jans – Early Netherlandish painter from the northern Low Countries
1465: Francisco de Osona – Spanish Renaissance painter
1465: Wang E – Chinese landscape painter
1465/1470: Giorgio Andreoli – Italian potter of lusterware
1464: Zhang Lu – Chinese landscape painter during the Ming Dynasty
1463: Lorenzo Fasolo – Lombard painter
1462: Cristofano Robetta – Italian engraver
1462: Piero di Cosimo – Florentine painter
1462: Cornelis Engebrechtsz. – Dutch painter, the first notable painter from Leiden
1461: Raffaele Riario – Italian cardinal and patron of Michelangelo
1460: Francesco Marmitta – Italian painter and jeweller
1460: Alessandro Araldi – Italian painter active mainly in Parma
1460: Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi – North Italian sculptor, known for his finely detailed small bronzes
1460: Vittore Carpaccio – Italian painter of the Venetian school
1460: Pedro Romana – Spanish Renaissance painter
c.1460: Pieter van Coninxloo, Early Netherlandish painter
c.1460: Hans Seyffer – German stone sculptor and wood carver of the late Gothic style
c.1460: Henning von der Heide – German late Gothic sculptor
1460: Cristoforo Solari – Italian sculptor and architect
1460: Andrea Solari – Italian Renaissance painter
1460: Marco Palmezzano – Italian painter and architect
1460: Gerard David – Early Netherlandish painter known for his brilliant use of color
1460: Domenico Panetti – Italian painter of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Ferrara
1460: Juan de Flandes – Early Netherlandish painter who was active in Spain
1460: Pellegrino Aretusi – Italian painter specializing in frescoes
1460: Giovanni Donato da Montorfano – Italian painter
1460: Nicolò Brancaleon – Italian painter whose art left a clear influence in Ethiopia
1460: Adam Kraft – German stone sculptor and master builder
1460: Tilman Riemenschneider – German sculptor and woodcarver
1460: Hans Holbein the Elder – German painter
1460: Zhou Chen – Chinese painter in middle Ming Dynasty
1460: Filippo Mazzola – Italian Renaissance painter
1460: Tullio Lombardo – Italian Renaissance sculptor
1460: Alessandro Pampurino – Italian Renaissance painter
1460: Benedetto Briosco – Italian Renaissance sculptor and architect active in Lombardy
1460: Vittore Gambello – Italian Renaissance sculptor
1460: Marx Reichlich – Austrian painter of primarily religious scenes
1460: Wilm Dedeke – late gothic painter from Northern Germany
1460: Nikola Božidarević – Croatian painter
1460: Ulrich Apt the Elder – German Late-Gothic painter
1460: Bernardo Zenale – Italian painter and architect
1460–1470: Bernardino Zaganelli – Italian Renaissance painter

Goldsmithing

1467–1471: Gérard Loyet – Burgundian goldsmith.

Deaths

1469: Filarete – Florentine Renaissance architect, sculptor and architectural theorist
1469: Filippo Lippi – Italian painter of the Italian Quattrocento school
1469: Giovanni Francesco da Rimini – Italian painter
1468: Master E. S. – German engraver, goldsmith, and printmaker
1468: Nicolás Francés – Spanish painter and miniaturist
1468: Zanobi Strozzi – Italian painter and miniaturist
1467/1468: Matteo di Andrea de' Pasti – Italian medalist
1466: Donatello – early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence
1466: Enguerrand Quarton – French painter
1465: Buono de' Buoni – Italian Quattrocento painter from Naples
1464: Desiderio da Settignano – Italian sculptor active during the Renaissance
1464: Kang Hŭian – scholar and painter of the early Joseon period
1464: Maso Finiguerra – Italian goldsmith, draftsman, and engraver
1464: Rogier van der Weyden – Early Netherlandish painter
1463: Borghese di Piero Borghese – Italian painter of the Florentine School and Renaissance art
1463: Tenshō Shūbun – Japanese painter in the Muromachi period and a Zen Buddhist monk
1462: Jean de la Huerta – Spanish sculptor
1462: Dai Jin – founder of the Zhe School of Ming dynasty painting
1462: Hans von Tübingen – Austrian artist
1461: Domenico Veneziano – Italian painter of the early Renaissance