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Frans Snyders

On September 25, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, november 11

Frans Snyders, Flemish painter, November 11, 1579 – August 19, 1657

Still-Life With a Bitch and Her Litter, 1620-30 Oil on canvas Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden

Porcupines and Vipers, c 1579-1657 Oil on canvas, 67.3 x 76.7 in // Cerralbo Museum, Madrid

Frans Snyders, The Christ Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels, between c 1615 and c 1618 Oil on canvas, 77.9 x 104.7 in Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Christ Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels, between c 1615 and c 1618 Oil on canvas, 77.9 x 104.7 in // Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Two Monkeys Raiding a Fruit Basket, between 1630 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Boar Hunt, circa 1650 Oil on canvas, 67.71 x 94.09 in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Two Young Lions Chasing a Roe, 1620-1625 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 94.4 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

An Eagle, c 1610 Drawing with pen and brown ink, 11 x 8 in // British Museum, London

Frans Snyders, Fox With Two Herons, circa 1630–40 Pen and brown ink and brown wash, traces of black chalk, 7 5/16 x 10 15/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fox With Two Herons, circa 1630–40 Pen and brown ink and brown wash, traces of black chalk, 7 5/16 x 10 15/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study of a Stag at Bay, between 1630 and 1639 Drawing, 10.3 x 15.7 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Head of a Dead Nun Chalk, 12.2 x 9.8 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

A Sleeping Dog Black and white chalk on light brown tinted paper, 4 x 8 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

A Sitting Dog and the Head of a Dog Black and white chalk on light brown tinted paper, 7.6 x 5.9 in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Joachim Beuckelaer

On September 24, 2025 - 16th Century, Flemish, nbd

Joachim Beuckelaer, Flemish painter, c. 1533 – c. 1570/4

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1563 Oil on panel, 43.50 x 82.99 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Brothel Scene, 1563 Oil on panel, 51.5 x 68.8 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Market Farmers, 1567 Oil on panel, 42.9 x 55.1 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Kitchen Scene with Christ at Emmaus, 1560s Oil on wood, 43.1 x 66.5 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Fish Market, 1568 Oil on Baltic oak, 50.3 x 68.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Kitchen Scene With Concert, 1569 Oil on panel, 44 x 62.7 in // Unidentified location

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Giovanni Battista Caracciolo

On September 24, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, december 7, Italian

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Italian artist, December 7, 1578 – December 23, 1635

The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1615 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 81.4 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Immaculate Conception with Saints Dominic and Francis of Paola, 1607 Oil on canvas, 10.9 ft x ?? Santa Maria della Stella, Naples

Immaculate Conception with Saints Dominic and Francis of Paola, 1607 Oil on canvas, 10.9 ft x ?? // Santa Maria della Stella, Naples

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1618 Oil on canvas, 46.6 × 46.6 in // Collection Rau for UNICEF

Christ and Caiaphas, between 1611 and 1620 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 40.5 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Madonna of the Purification of the Soul with Saints Francis and Clare Oil on canvas, 118.1 in x ??? Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Madonna of the Purification of the Soul with Saints Francis and Clare Oil on canvas, 118.1 in x ??? // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Two Youths With Grapes, from 1605 until 1610 Oil on poplar panel, 23.03 x 27.75 in Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Two Youths With Grapes, from 1605 until 1610 Oil on poplar panel, 23.03 x 27.75 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Christ on the Mount of Olives, between 1615 and 1617 Oil on canvas, 58.26 x 48.81 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Sacrifice of Abraham Oil on canvas, 82 x 60.6 in // Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Scotland

Baby, between 1610 and 1619 Drawing, 3.1 x 3.8 in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Head of a Boy in Profile Drawing, 5.4 x 6.1 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Pieter Aertsen

On September 18, 2025 - 16th Century, Dutch, nbd

Pieter Aertsen, Dutch painter, 1508 – June 2, 1575

Hendrik Hondius I, Portrait of Pieter Aertsen 1610

Meat Stall with the Holy Family Giving Alms/The Butcher’s Stall, 1551 Oil on panel, 45.5 x 66.4 in // North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Cook, 1559 Oil on panel, 67.3 x 33.4 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Seller of Game, 1561 Oil on panel, 53.9 x 37.4 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Egg-Dance, 1552 Oil on panel, 33 x 67.7 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Market Scene, first half of 16th century Oil on oak wood, 50 x 33.4 in // Wallraf–Richartz Museum, Cologne

Christ in the House of Mary and Martha, 1553 Oil on panel, 49.6 x 78.7 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Peasants by the Hearth, 1560 Oil on panel, 56 x 77.9 in // Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Market Scene, 1569 Oil on panel, 32.87 x 66.73 in // Hallwyl Museum, Stockholm

Egg Seller With a Groping Man, between 1563 and 1584 Oil on panel, 63.3 x 31.1 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Deeds of Christian Charity, 1575 Oil on panel, 44 x 56.4 in National Museum in Warsaw

The Parable of the Royal Wedding, between c 1570 and c 1575 Oil on panel transferred to canvas, 41.5 x 54.8 in // Private collection

Last Supper, before 1575 Oil on canvas Private collection

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Jan Cornelisz Vermeyen

On September 18, 2025 - 16th Century, Flemish, nbd

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Pordenone

On September 17, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Pordenone, Italian painter, c. 1484 – January 14, 1539

Golgotha, 1520 Fresco, 29.5 x 39.4 ft // Cremona Cathedral

Golgotha (detail), 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Pilate Judges Christ, 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Carrying the Cross, 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Pordenone, Christ Nailed to the Cross 1520 Fresco Cathedral, Cremona

Christ Nailed to the Cross, 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Lamentation, 1522 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

St Martin and St Christopher, 1528-29 Oil on panels, 8.2 x 4.6 ft // San Rocco, Venice

St Luke, 1535-37 Oil on panel, 29.5 x 29.5 in Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

The Martyrdom of St Peter, 1526-28 Drawing Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Holy Trinity, circa 1530-1535 Ink and wash on paper, 15.2 x 11.4 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Singing and Dancing Putti Uffizi, Florence

Adoration of the Magi, 1520 Fresco Treviso Cathedral, Italy

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Gillis van Coninxloo

On September 6, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, january 24

Gillis van Coninxloo, Flemish painter, January 24, 1544 - January 1607

Portrait of Gillis van Coninxloo by Andries Jacobsz Stock, published by Hendrik Hondius I in 1610

Forest Landscape, 1598 Oil on panel, 16.5 x 24 in // Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

Landscape Oil on copper, 9.4 x 7.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Landscape with Leto and Peasants of Lykia Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 80.3 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Gillis van Coninxloo, Mountain Landscape with River Valley and the Prophet Hosea Watercolour on parchment, 7.7 x 11.3 in Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Mountain Landscape with River Valley and the Prophet Hosea Watercolour on parchment, 7.7 x 11.3 in // Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Landscape with Venus and Adonis, 1580s Oil on canvas, 14.8 x 21.1 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodland with Saint Jerome, between 1560 and 1607 Oil on panel, 19.6 x 32.9 in // Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

Wooded Landscape, circa 1600 Oil on panel, 22 x 33.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Gillis van Coninxloo with Karel van Mander the Elder, Landscape with the Judgment of Paris, End of the 16th century - early 17th century) Oil on panel, 50 x 72.83 in National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

with Karel van Mander the Elder, Landscape with the Judgment of Paris, End of the 16th century - early 17th century Oil on panel, 50 x 72.83 in // National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Mountainous Landscape, between 1595 and 1605 Oil on copper, 8.6 x 11.2 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Finding of Moses, between 1600 and 1607 Oil on canvas Kulturhistorisches Museum Rostock, Germany

Forest landscape with Cephale and Procris Oil on canvas, 20.4 x 33.4 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, France

Giulio Romano

On August 29, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Giulio Romano, Italian artist and architect, about 1492/9–1546

Titian, Portrait of Giulio Romano, between c 1536-1538 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 33.4 in // Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Giulio Romano, The Circumcision, 1500-25 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 45.3 x 48 in Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Circumcision, 1500 – 1525
Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 45.3 x 48 in
Louvre Museum, Paris

Giulio Romano, Coronation of the Virgin (Madonna of Monteluce), 1505-25 Oil on wood, 139.4 x 91.3 in Pinacoteca, Vatican

Coronation of the Virgin / Madonna of Monteluce, 1505 – 1525
Oil on wood, 139.4 x 91.3 in
Pinacoteca, Vatican

Giulio Romano, Virgin and Child, 1520-22 Tempera on wood, 41.3 x 30.3 in Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Virgin and Child, 1520 – 1522
Tempera on wood, 41.3 x 30.3 in
Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Giulio Romano, The Lovers, c. 1525 Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 64.2 x 132.7 in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

The Lovers, c 1525
Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 64.2 x 132.7 in
Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Giulio Romano, Mars Chasing Adonis from Venus's Pavilion, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Mars Chasing Adonis from Venus’s Pavilion, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Giulio Romano, Venus and Mars Bathing. 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Venus and Mars Bathing, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Giulio Romano, Cupid and Psyche, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Cupid and Psyche, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Giulio Romano, Old Woman and Vulcan, Tribute to Apollo, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Old Woman and Vulcan, Tribute to Apollo, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Giulio Romano, Tribute to Apollo, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Tribute to Apollo, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Margherita Paleologo, 1531
Oil on panel, 45.4 x 35.4 in
Royal Collection, UK

Giulio Romano, Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga, 1531-34 Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white highlights, 9.8 x 12.5 in J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga, 1531 – 1534
Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white highlights, 9.8 x 12.5 in
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles