Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

On January 10, 2026 - 18th Century, Austrian, february 6

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Austrian sculptor, February 6, 1736 – August 19, 1783

The Yawner: Character Head #5, 1775

The Beaked: Character Head #6, 1770

A Haggard Old Man with Aching Eyes: Character Head #15

A Grievously Wounded Man: Character Head #19

Simplicity of the Highest Degree: Character Head #9

Emotions IV

The Vexed Man: Character Head #21

The Noble-Minded Man: Character Head #22

The Strong Odor: Character Head #23

Maudlin Old Man: Character Head #24

The Satirist: Character Head #26

Afflicted with Constipation: Character Head #30

Alessandro Magnasco

On January 10, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, february 4, Italian

Alessandro Magnasco, Italian painter, February 4, 1667 - March 12, 1749

Self-portrait, 17th century or 18th century Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in // Private collection

Joseph Interpreting Dreams, 1700s Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 69.6 in // Private collection

Hermit in the Desert, 1700/1740 Oil on canvas, 13.4 x 16.1 in // Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

The Tame Magpie, c 1707 and c 1778 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Interrogations in Jail, between c 1710 and c 1720 Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 32.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Banditti at Rest, 1710s Oil on canvas, 44 x 63.7 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Garden Party in Albaro, c 1740 Oil on canvas, 33.9 x 77.9 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Dissipation and Ignorance Destroy the Arts and Sciences, between 1735 and 1740 Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 36 in // Private collection

Workshop of Nuns, c 1725-1730 Oil on canvas, 16.1 x 12.9 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Jewish Funerals, c 1720 Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 46 in // Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris

The Exorcism of the Waves, c 1735 Oil on canvas, 33 x 51 in // Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

The Painter’s Workshop, between 1722 and 1723 Oil on canvas, 23.8 x 16.7 in Private collection

Sébastien Bourdon

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, february 2, French

Sébastien Bourdon, French painter and engraver, February 2, 1616-May 8, 1671

Christ Receiving the Children, c 1655 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

The Departure of Jacob, Unknown date Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 54.3 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Laban Searching the Belongings of Jacob Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 26.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Baptism of Christ, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 45.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, between 1646 and 1647 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 57 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

A Brawl in a Guard-Room, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 29.48 x 23.85 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Bathsheba Guiding Solomon to the Throne, c 1643 Oil on canvas, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France

The Finding of Moses, c 1655/1660 Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Christ and the Samaritan Woman Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 78.3 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 102.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Self-Portrait, 1652–1658 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 22 in // Palace of Versailles

Death of Dido, between 1637 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 53.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jacob van Campen

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, february 2

Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect, February 2, 1596 - September 13, 1657

Jacob van Campen in his book Images of the City Hall of Amsterdam in 30 engravings, 1665

Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1640

Kasteel Oldenaller, 1655-1665 Putten, The Netherlands

Coymanshuis is a canal house on the Keizersgracht 177, Amsterdam. The double wide house was designed and built in 1625

New Church, Haarlem, 1645-1649

Noordeinde Palace, 1640 The Hague

Palace Huis ten Bosch, 1645 The Hague

Jacob van Campen, Double Portrait of Constantijn Huygens, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 30.9 in Mauritshuis, The Hague

Double Portrait of Constantijn Huygens and his wife Susanna van Baerle, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 30.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman Making Her Toilet, 1650 - 1655 Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 26.4 in // Museum Bredius, The Hague

Argus, Mercury and Io, 1630s Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 75.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Lenaert Nicasius, c 1651 Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Koepelkerk, 1639-1641 Renswoude, Netherlands

Vanitas Still Life with a Book and a Skull, c 1645-1650 Oil on panel, 34 x 33.8 in // Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Hans Weiditz the Younger

On January 7, 2026 - 16th Century, German

Hans Weiditz the Younger, German artist, 1495 – c 1537 Bern

Voyeurism, before 1544 Woodcut

Nymphaea alba, or European White Waterlily, from "Herbarium Vivae Eicones," 1530

Master's Graduation, 16th century Woodcut Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Emperor Maximilian Listening to the Mass, 1518 Woodcut, 11.3 × 8.4 in

Hobbyhorse Rider

Gossip Sisters and the Devil

Doctor and Servant

Dancer and his Doxy

Prayer on the Mount of Olives

Drinker and his Wife, 1521

Cheese Farmer and his Wife, 1521

The Rooster as a Quack Doctor, 16th century Woodcut

Jan Steen

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Steen, Dutch painter, c 1626 – February 3, 1679

Company Playing Cards in an Interior, c 1660 Oil on panel, 18 x 23.7 in // Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection

Peasants before an Inn, 1650s Oil on panel, 19.75 x 24.25 in // Toledo Museum of Art

The Drawing Lesson, about 1665 Oil on panel, 19.37 x 16.22 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

"The Way You Hear It, Is the Way You Sing It," c 1665 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

The Bowling Game, c 1655 Oil on oak wood, 26.7 x 34.2 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

"As the Old Sing, the Children Peep," 1662 Oil on canvas, 37 x 31.8 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Jan Steen, Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in // The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Woman at her Toilet, 1663 Oil on Panel, 25.9 x 20.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

"The Way You Hear It, Is the Way You Sing It," c 1665 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Self-portrait as a Lutenist, 3rd quarter of 17th century Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 17.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Rhetoricians at a Window, between 1663 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 29.9 x 23 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

Double Portrait of Adolf Croeser and his Daughter Catharina Croeser, 1655 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 27 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Massimo Stanzione

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian

Massimo Stanzione, Italian painter, 1585 – 1656

Beheading of St John the Baptist, c 1634 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 101.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Virgin and Child, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Adoration of the Magi, c 1656 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 79 in // Private collection

Susanna and the Elders, 1643 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.1 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Saint Agnes, from 1635 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 29.5 in // Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1621 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Woman in Neapolitan Costume, 1635 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 38.2 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1634 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 140.9 in // Prado, Madrid

Cleopatra, 1630s Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 39.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jerome Bankes, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Kingston Lacy, UK

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 57.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lot and his Daughters Royal Palace of Naples

Giovanni Lanfranco

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, january 26

Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter, January 26, 1582 - November 1647

Self-Portrait, between 1628 and 1632 Oil Columbus Museum of Art

Liberation of Saint Peter, between c 1620 and c 1621 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 48.1 in // Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Young Naked Man on a Bed with Cat, between 1620 and 1622 Oil on canvas, 43.9 x 62.9 in // Private collection

Council of the Gods, between 1624 and 1625 Fresco Galleria Borghese, Rome

Hagar and the Angel in the Desert, between c 1600 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 62.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 80 x 96 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Moses and the Messengers from Canaan, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 85.7 x 97 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Gladiators at a Banquet, c 1638 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 11.6 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Last Supper, between 1624 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 13.9 ft // National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona, 1622 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 72.8 in // Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Saint Agatha in Prison, c 1613-1614 Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 52.2 in // National Gallery of Parma

Roman Mock Naval Battle, between 1635 and 1638 Oil on canvas, 71.25 x 142.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madri

Hendrick Avercamp

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, january 27

Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch Painter, January 27, 1585 - May 15, 1634

Hendrick Avercamp

Summer, between 1615 and 1634 Oil on copper, 8 x 12.7 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Figures Skating in a Dutch Landscape, c 1625 Oil on panel, 12 x 17.9 in // Private collection

Scene on the Ice, c 1620 Oil on panel, 26.5 × 45.2 in National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Boy Seated on a Hill, Looking Into the Distance, Unknown date Drawing

Fishermen Near a Hole in the Ice, Unknown date Drawing

Hendrick Avercamp, A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Colf, about 1615 - 1620 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache, 3.70 x 6.14 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Colf, about 1615 - 1620 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache, 3.70 x 6.14 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Hendrick Avercamp, Nine Peasants around a Wheelbarrow, Unknown date Brown pen and watercolor on paper, 4.1 x 6.7 in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Nine Peasants around a Wheelbarrow, Unknown date Brown pen and watercolor on paper, 4.1 x 6.7 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Hendrick Avercamp, River Landscape, first half of 17th century Pen and watercolor on paper, 7.24 x 11.18 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

River Landscape, first half of 17th century Pen and watercolor on paper, 7.24 x 11.18 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Hendrick Avercamp, Two figures on a Sleigh with a Servant, about 1626 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and translucent watercolor, over black chalk Private collection

Two figures on a Sleigh with a Servant, about 1626 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and translucent watercolor, over black chalk Private collection

Skaters on the Ice at Ijsselmuiden, 1613 Oil, 18.5 x 28.7 in // Museum of Art and History Geneva

Winter Landscape on a Frozen Canal, about 1620 Oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Windmill Oil on copper Kunsthaus Zürich

Arkhip Kuindzhi

On January 6, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, january 27, Ukrainian

Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ukrainian Painter, January 27, 1842(?) – July 24, 1910

Viktor Vasnetsov Portrait of artist Arkhip Kuindzhi, 1869 Oil on canvas, 46 x 36 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Lake Ladoga, 1871 Oil on canvas, 31.2 x 24.6 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Chumaks' Path in Mariupol, 1875 Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Evening in Ukraine, 1878 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 64.1 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

After a Rain, 1879 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 63.3 // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

A Birch Grove, 1879 Oil on canvas Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Dnieper in the Morning, 1881 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 65.7 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Night on the Dniepr, 1882 Oil on canvas, 40.9 x 56.2 in // Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Sea. Crimea, 1890s Oil on canvas, 15.7 x 21.2 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Rainbow, 1900–1905 Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 67.3 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Moon Spots in the Forest, Winter, between 1898 and 1908 Oil on paper mounted on canvas, 15.3 x 21 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Nighttime Horses Grazing, c 1905—1908 Oil on canvas, 42.1 x 66.5 in // Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Red Sunset on the Dnieper, 1905 Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 74 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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"A work of art is a transformation of something in order to transform someone." — Paul Valéry

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Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

Alessandro Magnasco

Sébastien Bourdon

Jacob van Campen

Hans Weiditz the Younger

Jan Steen

Massimo Stanzione

Giovanni Lanfranco

Hendrick Avercamp

Arkhip Kuindzhi