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Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

On May 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, may 1

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Dutch artist, May 1, 1566 - June 27, 1641

Willem Jacobsz Delff, after Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Michiel Jansz. Mierevelt, 1610 and 1625

Engraving, 10.3 x 7.7 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Philip William, Prince of Orange, 1608

Oil on canvas, 48.1 x 42.6 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, 1609

Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 34.4 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Lady in a Black Dress and White Lace Collar, 1612

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 24.6 in //

Private collection

Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate, 1613

Oil on copper, 10.9 x 9 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of a lady of the van Beijeren van Schagen Family, 1620

Oil on canvas, 24.8 x 20 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine, c 1623

Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 23.5 in //

National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau, Prince of Orange-Nassau, 1620- 1624

Oil on panel, 43.9 x 33.4 in //

Prinsenhof, Delft

Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1625 - 1626

Oil on panel, 2.7 x 2.2 in //

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Self-Portrait Painting His Grandson, 1640 - 1641

Oil on panel, 34.2 x 26.1 in //

Prinsenhof, Delft

Portrait of an Unknown Man

The Georgium, Dessau, Germany

Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Collar and Pearls, before 1641

Oil on panel, 27.5 x 22.7 in //

Private collection

Portrait of Louise de Coligny

Oil on copper, 11 x 9 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Francesco Primaticcio

On April 28, 2026 - 16th Century, april 30, Italian

Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter, architect and sculptor, April 30, 1504 – 1570

The Rape of Helen, c 1530 – 1539

Oil on canvas, 61 x 74 in //

Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

The Holy Family with Saints Elisabeth and John the Baptist, 1541 - 1543

Oil on slate, 17.1 x 12.2 in //

Hermitage Museum

Ulysses and Penelope, c 1545

Oil on canvas

Toledo Museum of Art

Alexander Tames Bucephalus, Mid-16th century

Fresco

Château of Fontainebleau

King Francis I of France and his Sister Marguerite de Navarre Receive Statues and Paintings Brought Back From Italy

Château of Fontainebleau

Portrait of a Nobleman as Saint George, 16th century

Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 47 in

Unidentified location

Ulysses and the Sirens

Oil on canvas

Private collection

The Three Graces, 18th century

Oil on panel, 29.4 x 22.4 in //

Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

Euterpe, c 1540 – 45

Etching, 9 x 6 5/16 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Nile, 1540s

Black chalk, pen and brown ink

Beaux-Arts de Paris

Dance of the Hours and Three Putti With Cornucopiae, 1548

Red chalk, red wash, heightened with white, on red prepared paper, 14.1 x 13.2 in //

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Ulysses and His Companions Fighting, 1555 – 60

Red chalk highlighted with white gouache, on red-washed paper, 9 1/2 x 12 9/16 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn

On April 17, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, Dutch painter, c 1572 – buried June 21, 1657

Self-Portrait of the Painter, 1618

Hugo Grotius at the Age of Sixteen, 1599

Oil on panel, 12 x 12 in //

Fondation Custodia, Paris

Portrait of a Woman, 1620

Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 41.1 in //

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Crucifixion With Praying Donors, 1618

Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Reception of the Officers of the Saint Sebastian Civic Guard by the Magistrate of The Hague, 1618

The Hague Historical Museum

Portrait of a Jan Doublet, lord of Sint Annaland, 1634

Oil on panel, 26.4 x 22.5 in //

Rijksmuseum

An Unknown Officer, 1634

Oil on panel, 49.2 x 35.2 in //

Private collection

City Council of The Hague, 1636

Oil paint, 102.3 x 12.1 ft //

The Hague Historical Museum

Portrait of Pieter van Veen with his Son and Secretary, 1620 - 25,

Oil on panel, 49.6 x 45.3 in //

Art and History Museum, Geneva

Portrait of Justinus of Nassau, c 1609 - 1633

Oil on panel, 11.5 x 9.4 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, c 1609 - 1633

Oil on panel, 11.8 x 9.4 in

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Lady, 1635?

Oil on panel, 27.6 x 24 in //

Unknown location

Frans Floris

On April 17, 2026 - 16th Century, april 17, Flemish

Frans Floris, Flemish painter, April 17, 1519 - October 1, 1570

Self-Portrait, c 1560 - 1565

Paper on panel, 18.1 x 15.1 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Feast of Fools, c 1540 - 1570

Oil on panel, 11.8 x 17.1 in //

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-on-Avon, UK

Susannah and the Elders / Allegory of the Transience of Life, c 1550

Oil on panel, 17.3 x 22.4 in //

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-on-Avon, UK

The Continence of Scipio, late 1540s

Oil on panel, 30.5 x 75 in //

Private collection

Moses Being Nursed by His Mother

Oil on panel, 38 x 35 in //

Private collection

Marine Deities, late 16th century

Oil on oak panel, 24.7 x 31 in //

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Pomona, 1564 - 1565

Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 52.7 in //

Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm

Venus and Cupid Edi, 1560s

Oil on panel, 11.6 x 16.5 in //

Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm

The Fall of Man, c 1560

Oil on wood panel, 5.6 x 4.4 in //

Malmö Art Museum, Sweden

Head of a Man in a Helmet (Mars), 1540 - 1570

Oil on panel, 18.2 x 13.3 in //

Private collection

Portrait of a Bearded Man in Black, Holding a Handkerchief, c 1560 - 1569

Oil on panel, 33.4 x 28.9 in

Hair With Leaves, 1541 - 1570

Drawing on paper

Bibliothèque nationale de France

Hans Krell

On April 15, 2026 - 16th Century, German

Hans Krell, German painter, c 1490 - 1565

Portrait of Louis II, King of Hungary, c 1522

Oil on panel, 12.3 x 10.7 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Mary, Queen of Hungary, 1524

Oil on lime panel, 17.9 x 14.1 in //

State Gallery in the New Residence, Bamberg

Portrait of George the Pious of Brandenburg, 1522

Hungarian National Museum

Battle of Orsha, c 1524 - 1530

Tempera on oak wood, 64.9 x 103.1 in //

National Museum in Warsaw

Female Portrait, 1529

Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts

Princess Emilia of Saxony, c 1530

Oil on panel, 12.4 x 10.1 in //

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Portrait of Philipp von Hessen, possibly 1534

Oil on oak wood, 31.6 x 25.1 in //

Wartburg Castle, Eisenach, Germany

Electress Hedwig of Brandenburg, 1537

Grunewald Hunting Lodge, Berlin

Portrait of August I, Elector and Duke of Saxony, 1561

Oil on canvas, 82.3 x 38.6 in //

State Art Collections, Dresden

Elizabeth Thurzová, before 1565

Prague Castle

Portrait Of A Man, Aged 22 Wearing A Fur Coat, 16th century

Portrait of an Architect, c 1586

Oil on panel, 17.7 x 13 in

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

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