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Posts in Category: 17th Century

Jacopo Ligozzi

On April 27, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Ludovico Carracci

On April 21, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter, 21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619

St. Sebastian Thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, 1612 Oil on canvas, 65.74 in x 91.73 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Transfiguration ,1595 Oil on canvas, 172 in × 105 in // Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy

Bargellini Madonna, 1588 Oil on canvas, 111 x 74 in // Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy

Lavinia Fontana

On April 20, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, august 24, Italian

Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter, August 24, 1552–August 11, 1614

Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1579 Oil on canvas Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Lavinia Fontana, Antonietta Gonzales, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 22.4 in x 18.1 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, France

Antonietta Gonzales, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 22.4 in x 18.1 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, France Antonietta Gonzales, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 22.4 in x 18.1 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, France

Christ appears to Mary Magdalen, 1581 Oil on canvas, 31.4 in x 25.5 in Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Portrait of Bianca degli Utili Maselli and Her Children, before 1614 Oil on canvas. 39 x 52.6 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Portrait of Costanza Alidosi, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 61.9 in x 47.3 in // National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Self-portrait at the Virginal with a Servant, 1577 Oil on canvas, 10.62 × 9.44 in Accademia di San Luca, Rome

Luca Giordano

On April 2, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, october 18

Luca Giordano, Italian painter, October 18, 1634 – January 3, 1705

Self-portrait, circa 1692 Oil on canvas 24.8 in x 19.2 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Triumph of the Medici in the Clouds of Mount Olympus, 1684–1686 Fresco Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence

A mathematician, 17th century Oil on canvas, 50.3 in x 40.1 in // National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires

Luca Giordano, Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, 17th century Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down, 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, 17th century Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down, 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in /// Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Martyrdom of Saint Bartolomeo, circa 1660 Oil on canvas // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Allegory of Magnanimity, circa 1670 Oil on canvas, 70.9 in x 70.9 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1665 Oil on canvas, 165 in × 111 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalene, between 1660 and 1665 Oil on canvas // Hispanic Society of America, New York

The Resurrection, after 1665 Oil on canvas, 44.8 in x 45.6 in // Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria

The Death of Archimedes Oil on canvas, 69 x 87 in // National Trust Collections, UK

Four Women Making Music, 1658-1660 Oil on canvas, 22.5 in x 40 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Democritus and Heraclitus, 17th century Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 in // Private Collection

Psyche's Parents Offering Sacrifice to Apollo, between circa 1695 and circa 1697 Oil on canvas, 22.1 in x 27.2 in // Royal Collection, UK

Sir Peter Lely

On March 26, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, september 14

Sir Peter Lely, Dutch painter, September 14, 1618 – November 30, 1680

Self-portrait, between circa 1655 and circa 1680 Black and coloured chalks heightened with white, 15.1 in x 12.2 in Unknown Location

Portrait of Nell Gwyn in the image of Venus, 1668 Oil on canvas, Size: 49 ×62 in

Catherine of Braganza, from 1663 until 1665 Oil on canvas, 49.3 in x 40.4 in / Royal Collection, Holyrood Palace, Scotland

El Greco

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Greek, Spanish

El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Greek painter, October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614

Self-Portrait, 1595-1600 Oil on canvas, 21 x 18 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

St. Peter in Penitence, c.1585 Oil on canvas. 43 x 35 in Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, c.1610 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 32.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, between c 1576 and c 1577 Oil on canvas, 61.6 in x 47.6 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Adoration of the Name of Jesus, between 1577 and 1580 Oil on canvas, 55.1 in x 43.3 in // Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Juan Carreño de Miranda

On March 25, 2025 - 17th Century, march 25, Spanish

Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter, 25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685

Self-Portrait, about 1680

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, Dressed, ca. 1680 Oil on canvas, 65 x 42 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, Naked, ca. 1680 Oil on canvas, 65 x 42.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Mary Magdalene in Penitence, 1654 Oil on canvas, 86.6 in x 70.8 in Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Jacques Callot

On March 25, 2025 - 17th Century, French, march 25

Jacques Callot, French printmaker and draftsman, March 25, 1592-1635

Portrait of Jacques Callot, 1630 Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman the Elder after Anthony van Dyke

Dwarf with Contorted Legs, 1620 Etching Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Entry of Monsieurs de Vroncourt, Tyllon, and Marimont, 1627 Etching,8 x 11 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The miseries of war; No. 11, The Hanging, between 1632 and 1633 Etching print on paper, 3.1 in x 7.3 in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Peter Paul Rubens

On March 24, 2025 - 17th Century, Flemish, june 28

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist, June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640

Portrait of the Artist, 1623 Oil on panel, 33.7 in x 24.4 in Royal Collection, UK

The Last Communion of St Francis, 1619 Oil on panel, 3.8 ft x 88.9 in Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

The four evangelists, 1614 Oil on canvas, 88.1 in x 106.2 in // Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany

The Adoration of the Shepherds, circa 1609 Oil on canvas, 13.1 ft x 9.6 ft // St. Paul's Church, Antwerp

Ox, c.1618 - c.1620 Black and red chalk, 11 x 17.3 in // Albertina, Vienna

Peter Paul Rubens, Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France, between 1622 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 47.2 in x 38.1 in Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France, between 1622 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 47.2 in x 38.1 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Heraclitus and Democritus, 1603 Oil on canvas, 37.4 in x 49.2 in // National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid, Spain

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

On March 23, 2025 - 17th Century, Spanish

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, December 31, 1618 – March 28, 1682

Self-portrait, between 1668 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 48 x 42 in National Gallery, London

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX, circa 1645—1646 Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 73 1/4 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX, circa 1645—1646 Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 73 1/4 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables, c. 1678 Oil on canvas, 108 in × 75 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Bartolomé Murillo, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667 - 1670 Oil on canvas, 236 x 262 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667 - 1670 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 103.1 in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

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