1505 in art

Events from the year 1505 in art.

• Pope Julius II summons Michelangelo to Rome to design the pope's tomb. The contract is revised five times and only three of forty large figures are ever executed.

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  Bellini, San Zaccaria Altarpiece
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  Bosch, St. Jerome at Prayer
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  Raphael, Three Graces
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  Riemenschneider, Holy Blood altarpiece

Many dates approximate

• Giovanni Bellini
  • Madonna del Prato
  • San Zaccaria Altarpiece
• Hieronymus Bosch
  • The Hermit Saint (triptych)
  • St. Jerome at Prayer
• Vittore Carpaccio
  • Holy Family and donors
  • Preparation of Christ's Tomb
• Piero di Cosimo
  • The Finding of Vulcan on Lemnos
  • The Adoration of the Christ Child
  • The Forest Fire
• Albrecht Dürer - Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman
• Giorgione - The Three Philosophers
• Leonardo da Vinci – The Battle of Anghiari (lost painting)
• Lorenzo Lotto
  • Allegory of Virtue and Vice
  • Portrait of Bishop Bernardo de' Rossi
• Andrea Previtali – Scenes from Tebaldeo's Eclogues
• Raphael
  • Christ Blessing
  • Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
  • Madonna del Granduca
  • St. Michael
  • Small Cowper Madonna
  • Three Graces
  • Young Man with an Apple
• Tilman Riemenschneider - Holy Blood altarpiece, St. James's Church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber (woodcarving, completed)
• Portrait of Henry VII of England

• date unknown
  • Pomponio Amalteo, Italian painter of the Venetian school (died 1588)
  • Lambert Lombard, Flemish Renaissance painter, architect and theorist for the Prince-Bishopric of Liège (died 1566)
  • Jakob Seisenegger, Austrian portrait painter used by Charles V (died 1567)
• probable
  • Cornelis Anthonisz., Dutch painter, engraver and mapmaker (died 1553)
  • Pierre Bontemps, French sculptor (died 1568)
  • Matthys Cock, Flemish landscape painter (died 1548)
  • Juste de Juste, Franco-Italian sculptor and printmaker in etching (died 1559)
  • Jacques du Broeucq, Dutch sculptor and architect (died 1584)
  • Léonard Limousin, French painter, member of Limoges enamel painter family (died 1577)

• date unknown
  • Andrea Aleksi, Albanian architect, painter and sculptor (born 1425)
  • Matteo de Fedeli, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1450)
  • Filippo Mazzola, Italian Renaissance painter (born 1460)
  • Francesco Marmitta, Italian painter and jeweller (born 1460)
  • Ni Duan, Imperial Chinese painter of people and landscapes (born 1436)
  • Sebastiano Schiavone da Rovigno, Venetian woodcarver and marquetry artist ("Zoppo") (born 1420)
• probable - Bartolomeo Caporali, Italian painter (born 1420)