1503 in art

Events from the year 1503 in art.

Events

 * Leonardo da Vinci probably begins painting the Mona Lisa in Florence
 * Giuliano Bugiardini joins the painter's guild in Florence
 * First record of Matthias Grünewald painting

Works

 * Mariotto Albertinelli – The Visitation of the Virgin
 * Albrecht Dürer – Great Piece of Turf (Das große Rasenstück, watercolor)
 * Filippino Lippi – Mystical Marriage of St. Catherine
 * Pietro Perugino – Combat of Love and Chastity
 * Raphael – Madonna and Child with the Book (approximate date)
 * Luca Signorelli – Portrait of Vitelozzo Vitelli
 * Master of Frankfurt – Holy Kinship (Historical Museum, Frankfurt)
 * Madonna of Laroque, perhaps by Leonardo da Vinci

Births

 * Agnolo di Cosimo, Italian Mannerist painter from Florence (died 1572)
 * Pedro Campaña, Flemish painter of the Renaissance period (died 1586)
 * Paul Dax, Austrian artist (died 1561)
 * Parmigianino, Italian Mannerist painter and printmaker (died 1540)
 * Augustin Hirschvogel, German artist, mathematician, and cartographer known primarily for his etchings (died 1553)
 * Giovanni Battista Scultori, Italian painter, sculptor and engraver (died 1575)
 * Michele Tosini, Italian painter of the Renaissance and Mannerist period, who worked in Florence (died 1577)

Deaths

 * Israhel van Meckenem, German printmaker and goldsmith (born 1445)
 * 1502/1503: Giovanni Donato da Montorfano, Italian painter (born 1460)