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