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Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi

On March 6, 2026 - 16th Century, Italian, march 7

Baldassare Tommaso Peruzzi, Italian architect and painter, March 7, 1481 – January 6, 1536

Apollo and the Muses, 1514 - 1523

Oil on panel, 13.7 x 30.7 in //

Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Madonna and Child With Saints Brigid, Catherine and the Donor Ferdinando Pozzetti, 1516

Santa Maria della Pace, Rome

Sacrifice of Isaac, 1516

Fresco

Santa Maria della Pace, Rome

Callisto Transformed into the Constellation of Ursa Major, 1510 - 11

Fresco

Villa Farnesina, Rome

Hercules and the Nemean Lion, 1510 - 11

Fresco

Villa Farnesina, Rome

Cardinal Pietro Accolti, 16th century

Oil on panel, 10.2 x 7.4 in //

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Ceres

National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome

Castello Sforza Cesarini, 1532 - 36

Rocca Sinibalda, Italy

Bearded Male Head in Three-Quarter Profile Facing Left

Black chalk, heightened with white, on blue paper, 4.33 x 2.99 in

National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen

Androcles and the Lion, early 1530s

Pen and brush and brown wash, squared up in black chalk, 10.6 x 8 in //

State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

An Allegory of Prudence, c 1518 - 1520

Brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white, squared for transfer on pink tinted paper, 12 1/2 x 7 1/4 in //

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Crouching Figure of Atlas, before 1536

Pen and brown ink, over leadpoint or black chalk, 8-1/8 x 5-1/4 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Cavaliere d’Arpino

On February 1, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, february 14, Italian

Cavaliere d'Arpino, Italian painter, February 14, 1568 – July 3, 1640

Self-Portrait, 1640 Accademia di San Luca, Rome

Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, 1594/95 Oil on panel, 20 11/16 x 14 15/16 in Clark Institute of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Diana and Actaeon, from 1602 until 1603 Oil on copper, 19.6 x 27.1 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Discovery of Romulus and Remus, 1596 Fresco Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome

Combat of the Horatii and the Curiatii, 1612 - 1613) Fresco Capitoline Museums, Rome

Cavaliere d'Arpino, Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels, c 1592–1593 Oil on tin plate or oil on copper, 18.8 x 16.4 in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels, c 1592–1593 Oil on tin plate or oil on copper, 18.8 x 16.4 in // Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

The Expulsion from Paradise, c 1600-1610 Oil on copper, 20.2 x 13.9 in // Apsley House, London

Christ in Joseph's Workshop, from 1610 until 1625 Oil on canvas, 36.2 × 42.1 in // Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cavaliere d'Arpino, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, between 1605 and 1610 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 18.8 in Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, between 1605 and 1610 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 18.8 in // Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Noli Me Tangere Oil on pine wood, 17.7 x 14.4 in // Private collection

Martyrdom of Saint Margaret, between 1608 and 1611 Oil on panel, 33.5 x 24.6 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Hood in Profile Facing Left, between 1636 and 1638 Pen and brown ink, 10 7/16 x 6 5/8 // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

David and Goliath, 1600s Black charcoal and red pencil, 7.3 x 9.8 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France

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

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

Alessandro Turchi

On January 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Alessandro Turchi, Italian painter, 1578 – January 22, 1649

Diana and Actaeon, 1600 Oil on canvas Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France

David with the Head of Goliath,c 1620s Oil on canvass, 49 x 37.5 in // Private collection

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, between 1600 and 1649 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 57.9 in // Private collection

Erminia Finds the Wounded Tancred, c 1630 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 91.9 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Turchi, Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1617 Oil on slate, 16.5 x 20.8 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Death of Cleopatra, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 105.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of a Young Woman, c 1620 Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 16.1 in // Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Allegory of Hope, c 1625 Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy

Bacchus and Ariadne, between c 1630 and c 1632 Oil on canvas, 45 x 58 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Abduction of Helen Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

A Young General (Alexander the Great?) Showing Clemency to Two Prisoners Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

Bernardino Licinio

On December 30, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian

Bernardino Licinio, Italian painter, c 1489 – 1565

Portrait of Arrigo Licinio and His Family, first half of 16th century Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 64.9 in // Galleria Borghese, Rom

Bernardino Licinio, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1535 Oil on wood panel, 110.2 × 74.8 I'm Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1535 Oil on wood panel, 110.2 × 74.8 in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Portrait of a Lady Galleria dell’Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy

Portrait of a Man with a Missal Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 30.2 in // York Art Gallery, UK

Allegory of Music, before 1565 Oil on canvas, 33.5 × 27.2 in // Private collection

Franciscan Martyrs, 1524 Oil on panel Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Portrait of an Architect and Self-Portrait, from 1520 until 1530 Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany

A Concert, between c 1520 and c 1525 Oil on canvas, 33 x 39.6 in // Royal Collection, UK

Saint Paul, 1534 Oil on canvas, 37.2 x 31.1 in // Royal Collection, UK

A Family Group, 1524 Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 69.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Portrait of a Young Man With a Skull, between c 1510 and c 1515 Oil on canvas, 29.8 x 24.9 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Allegory of Love, c 1520 Oil on canvas Private collection

Parmigianino

On December 26, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, january 11

Parmigianino, Italian painter, January 11, 1503 – August 24, 1540

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, between c 1523 and c 1524 Oil on poplar wood, 9.6 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Saint Barbara, c 1522 Oil on panel, 18.8 x 15.3 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Philyra and Cronus, 16th century Oil on panel, 29.7 in x 25.2 in // Unidentified location

Pallas Athena, c 1539 Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 17.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Portrait of a Man, between 1528 and 1530 Oil on panel, 20.4 x 16.5 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

Parmigianino, Portrait of a Man (Condottiere Malatesta Baglioni?), between c 1527 and c 1528 Oil on poplar wood, 46 x 38.5 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Man (Condottiere Malatesta Baglioni?), between c 1527 and c 1528 Oil on poplar wood, 46 x 38.5 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga and Her Three Sons, 1539 Oil on wood, 50.3 x 38.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo, 1524 Oil on wood, 49.8 x 41.1 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Saint Jerome, 1520s-1530s Oil, 11 x 22 in // Private collection

The Holy Family with Angels, c 1524 Oil on panel, 43.3 x 35 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Catherine, 16th century Oil on panel, 11 × 9.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, 1535 to 1540 Oil on paper, 29 7/8 × 23 1/2 // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Abraham Bloemaert

On December 15, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, december 25, Dutch

Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printmaker, December 25, 1564 - January 27, 1651

Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children, 1591 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 98.2 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Flute Player, 1621 Oil on canvas, 27.16 x 22.79 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht

The Feast of the Gods at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, 1638 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 64.7 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Joseph and his Brothers, 1595 - 1600 Oil on canvas, 5.56 x 8.30 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Abraham Bloemaert, Study of a Female Figure, Three-Quarter Length, between 1586 and 1651 Red chalk, heightened with white, 8.1 x 6.8 in Private collection

Study of a Female Figure, Three-Quarter Length, between 1586 and 1651 Red chalk, heightened with white, 8.1 x 6.8 in // Private collection

Abraham Bloemaert, Warrior and Young Standard-Bearer, first half of 17th century Pen with brown ink and brown wash on paper, 10.62 x 6.73 in Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Warrior and Young Standard-Bearer, first half of 17th century Pen with brown ink and brown wash on paper, 10.62 x 6.73 in // Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

The Adoration of the Magi, 1624 Drawing, 1.11 in x 1.41 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht

The Gateway to a Town, 1625/1635 Pen and brown ink heightened with watercolor on laid paper, 12 x 8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Juno, circa 1610 Etching, 5.6 x 4.4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Holy Family Chiaroscuro woodcut print, 3.5 x 2.9 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Abraham Bloemaert, Saint Euphrolyna, from the series Female Hermits, between 1600 and 1633 Engraving, 5 11/16 x 3 5/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Euphrolyna, from the series Female Hermits, between 1600 and 1633 Engraving, 5 11/16 x 3 5/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Raising of Lazarus, c 1600 Engraving, 14.3 x 18.9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

John White

On December 11, 2025 - 16th Century, English

John White, English explorer, artist, and cartographer, c 1539-c 1593

Dancing Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Sir Walter Ralegh (Raleigh), c 1585 Watercolor on vellum mounted on board, 1.8 x 1.4 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Village of the Secotan, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Clay Pot of North Carolina Algonquins Used for Boiling, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Equipment for Curing Fish Used by the North Carolina Algonquins Watercolor British Museum, London

Woman of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

"The Flyer," Man of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Mother and Child of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Warrior of the Secotan Indians in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Ceremony of Secotan Warriors in North Carolina, 1585 Watercolor British Museum, London

Painting of a Flying Fish, between 1585 and 1593 Watercolor British Museum, London

Arnaq and her Son Nutaaq (Inuit from Frobisher Bay), 1589 Watercolor British Museum, London

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