1518 in art
Events from the year 1518 in art.
Events
- Titian begins painting The Worship of Venus during 1518-1519 and completes his large Assumption of the Virgin for the altar of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venice, his first major commission in the city.
- Bernard van Orley probably makes four tapestry cartoons for the Legend of Our Lady on the Zavel during 1516-1518.
Paintings
- Albrecht Altdorfer - Sebastian Altar in St. Florian's Priory, Sankt Florian, near Linz, Upper Austria
- Albrecht Dürer - Maria Praying
- Adriaen Isenbrandt
- *Bröhmse triptych with Adoration of the Magi
- *Portrait of Paulus de Nigro
- Raphael
- *Ezekiel's Vision
- *Self-portrait with a friend
- *St. Michael Vanquishing Satan
- *The Holy Family of Francis I
- Titian - ''Assumption of the Virgin''
Births
- September 29 – Tintoretto, Italian painter of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance
- date unknown
- *Antonio Badile, Italian painter from Verona
- *Hieronymus Cock, Flemish painter, etcher and publisher of prints
- *Étienne Delaune, French engraver and goldsmith
- *Mayken Verhulst, Flemish miniature, tempera and watercolor painter
- *Marx Weiß, German Gothic painter
Deaths
- January 5 – Francesco Raibolini known as Francesco Francia, Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist
- date unknown
- *Lorenzo Fasolo, Lombard painter
- *Francisco Henriques, Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal
- *Guido Mazzoni, Italian sculptor and painter
- *Domenico Morone, Italian painter from Verona
- *Rodrigo de Osona - Spanish Renaissance painter
- *Bartolomeo Sanvito, calligrapher