1518 in art

Events from the year 1518 in art.

Events

 * Titian begins painting The Worship of Venus (Madrid, Museo del Prado) during 1518-1519 and completes his large Assumption of the Virgin (1516-1518) 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 (St. Mary's Church, Lübeck; destroyed 1942)
 * Portrait of Paulus de Nigro
 * Raphael (some dates approximate)
 * 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 (real name Jacopo Comin), Italian painter of the Venetian school and probably the last great painter of the Italian Renaissance (died 1594)
 * date unknown
 * Antonio Badile, Italian painter from Verona (died 1560)
 * Hieronymus Cock, Flemish painter, etcher and publisher of prints (died 1570)
 * Étienne Delaune, French engraver and goldsmith (died 1595)
 * Mayken Verhulst, Flemish miniature, tempera and watercolor painter (died 1599)
 * Marx Weiß, German Gothic painter (died 1580)

Deaths

 * January 5 (or 1517) – Francesco Raibolini known as Francesco Francia, Italian painter, goldsmith, and medallist (born 1450)
 * date unknown
 * Lorenzo Fasolo, Lombard painter (born 1463)
 * Francisco Henriques, Flemish Renaissance painter active in Portugal (b. unknown)
 * Guido Mazzoni, Italian sculptor and painter (born 1445)
 * Domenico Morone, Italian painter from Verona (born 1442)
 * Rodrigo de Osona - Spanish Renaissance painter (born 1440)
 * Bartolomeo Sanvito, calligrapher (born 1435)