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Bernard van Orley

On June 17, 2025 - 16th Century, Flemish, nbd

Bernard van Orley, Flemish artist, between 1487 and 1491 – January 6, 1541

Bernard van Orley, Self-Portrait

Altarpiece of Calvary, c. 1534 Wood Church of Our Lady, Bruges

Haneton Triptych, between circa 1521 and circa 1522 Oil on panel, 34.2 x 42.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of Joris van Zelle, 1519 Oil on oak wood, 15.3 x 12.5 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Bernard van Orley, Portrait of a Secretary of Emperor Charles V, between 1519 and 1541 Oil on panel, 21.6 x 17.9 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of a Secretary of Emperor Charles V, between 1519 and 1541 Oil on panel, 21.6 x 17.9 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Death of the Rich Man and his Punishment in Hell, 1521 Oil on panel, 68.5 x 31.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Bernard van Orley, Portrait of Charles the V, circa from 1515 until 1516 Oil on oak panel, 28.1 x 20.2 in Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Portrait of Charles the V, c 1515 until 1516 Oil on oak panel, 28.1 x 20.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Bernard van Orley, Portrait of Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, between c 1510 and c 1520 Oil on panel, 14.6 x 10.8 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, between c 1510 and c 1520 Oil on panel, 14.6 x 10.8 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, c 1516 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 27.9 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Altarpiece of Saints Thomas and Matthias, between 1510 and 1520 Oil on panel, 55.11 x 70.86 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Bernard van Orley, The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Salome Dancing During the Banquet of Herod in the Background, between c 1514 and c 1515 Oil on panel, 25.5 x 29.2 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Beheading of St. John the Baptist, Salome Dancing During the Banquet of Herod in the Background, between c 1514 and c 1515 Oil on panel, 25.5 x 29.2 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Detail of a Tapestry in a Set Showing the Life of Jacob Art & History Museum, Brussels

Count Henry I of Nassau with his Bride c. 1530 Pen and watercolour, 13.4 x 21.7 in // Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Sharing Out the Game, 1528-30 Pen, brown ink with wash, 15.2 x 21.4 in // Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Bernard van Orley, Romulus Offers the Head of Amulius to Numitor, 1524 Pen and brown ink, watercolour, 13.4 x 21.8 in Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Romulus Offers the Head of Amulius to Numitor, 1524 Pen and brown ink, watercolour, 13.4 x 21.8 in // Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

Romulus Gives Laws to the Roman People, 1524 Pen and wash, 13.6 x 21.5 in // Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

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Adriaen Isenbrandt

On June 17, 2025 - 16th Century, nbd, Netherlandish

Adriaen Isenbrandt, Netherlandish, between 1480 and 1490 – July 1551

Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, 1520 Oil on panel, 56.6 x 56.2 in // Church of Our Lady, Bruges, Belgium

Adriaen Isenbrandt, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows (left wing of diptych: Joris van de Velde, his wife Barbara Le Maire and their children with Saints George and Barbara), Date 1490-1551s Oil on panel, 56.6 x 56.2 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows (left wing of diptych: Joris van de Velde, his wife Barbara Le Maire and their children with Saints George and Barbara), Date 1490-1551s Oil on panel, 56.6 x 56.2 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of Paulus de Nigro, 1518 Oil on panel, 13.5 x 10.6 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

The Mass of Saint Gregory the Great, between circa 1510 and circa 1550 Oil on panel, 14.2 x 11.4 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Magdalen in a Landscape, 1510 / 1520s Oil on panel, 15.7 x 12.2 in // National Gallery, London

Adriaen Isenbrandt, Christ Crowned with Thorns (Ecce Homo), and the Mourning Virgin, circa 1530–40 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 36.4 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Christ Crowned with Thorns (Ecce Homo), and the Mourning Virgin, circa 1530–40 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 36.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Rest during the Flight to Egypt Wood, 19.4 x 13.4 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Virgin and Child Enthroned, 1510s Oil on oak panel, 30.5 x 22.2 in // Private collection

Stigmatisation of St Francis Oil on panel, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Private collection

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Gerard David

On June 16, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Netherlandish

Gerard David, Netherlandish painter, c. 1460 – August 13, 1523

Selfportrait of Gerard David (detail) in The Virgin among the Virgins, circa 1509 Oil on panel Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, France

Judgement of Cambyses: The skinning of Sisamnes, 1498 Oil on panel, 79.5 x 68 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

Adoration of the Magi, 1490 Oil on panel, 33 x 26.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of a Goldsmith, 1500s Oil on panel, 11.6 x 8.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Annunciation, Part of Cervara Polyptych, 1506 Oil on panel, 30.5 x 24.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Altarpiece of St Michael (central panel), circa 1510 Oil on oak wood, 25.9 x 20.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Virgin and Child with Four Angels, between 1510 and 1515 Oil on panel, 24.8 x 15.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Adoration of the Magi, circa 1515 Oil on oak wood, 23.6 x 23.3 in // National Gallery, London

Christ on the Cross, circa 1515 Oil on oak panel, 55.5 x 39.3 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Ambrosius Benson

On June 16, 2025 - 16th Century, Flemish, Italian, nbd

Ambrosius Benson, Italian painter working in Flanders, circa 1495–1550

Deipara Virgin, circa 1530 Oil on panel, 51.5 x 42.5 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

The Holy Family, between 1525 and 1530 Oil on panel Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

Lucretia, Wife of Lucius Colatinus Tarquinius, early 16th century Unidentified location

The Magdalen Reading, circa 1520 Oil on oak wood, 16.4 x 14.8 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of Anne Stafford, Countess of Huntingdon, circa 1535 Oil on canvas, 15.9 x 13.3 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

The Virgin and Child with Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara, Unknown date Oil on panel, 52.3 x 42.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Elegant Couples Dancing in a Landscape Oil on board, University Of Utah Museum Of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City

Virgin with the Pear, 16th century Oil on panel Segovia Cathedral, Spain

The Descent from the Cross, 1528 Oil on panel // Curtius Museum, Liège, Belgium

Portrait of a Man Holding a Rose, 1525 Oil on panel, 20.5 x 18.5 in // Museum of Art, Philadelphia

Young Woman in Orison Reading a Book of Hours, 1520s Oil on panel, 29.5 x 21.7 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Concert Oil on panel Musée des Beaux-Arts, Blois, France

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Pieter Pourbus

On June 15, 2025 - 16th Century, Flemish, nbd

Pieter Pourbus, Flemish painter, c. 1523–1584

The Last Judgment, 1551 Oil on oak wood, 89.9 x 71.2 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

Portrait of Jacquemyne Buuck, 1551 Oil on panel, 38.3 x 28 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

Portrait of Paulus de Nigro, 1518 Oil on panel, 13.5 x 10.6 in Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

The Last Supper Oil on panel Church of Our Lady, Bruges

The Annunciation, interior of left wing, 1552 Oil on panel, 46.1 x 44.1 in // Museum Gouda, Netherlands

An Allegory of True Love, circa 1547 Oil on panel, 52.2 x 80.9 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Portrait of an Unknown Woman Oil on panel, 16.2 x 12.2 in // Museum Gouda, Netherlands

Portrait of Francois Van der Straten, 1567 Oil on canvas, 68 × 63.5 cm // Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Portrait of Jan Lopez Gallo and His Three Sons, 1568 Oil on panel, 38.5 x 20.4 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges

The Lamentation of Christ Oil on canvas, 84.6 × 65.4 in Schorr Collection, on long-term loan to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Portrait Of A Young Minister, between 1535 and 1584 Oil on oak wood, 16.7 x 12.2 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

An Unknown Lady, Holding a Pomander on a Gold Chain, 1560 The Weiss Gallery, London

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Gentile Bellini

On June 14, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Gentile Bellini, Italian painter, c. 1429 – February 23, 1507

Gentile Bellini, Self-portrait, 1496

Procession in St. Mark's Square, 1490s Oil on canvas, 12 ft x 24.4 ft // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Sultan Mehmet II, 1480 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 20.4 in // Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Queen of Cyprus, Catarina Cornaro, circa 1500 Oil on panel, 24.8 x 19.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Portrait of Doge Giovanni Mocenigo, between 1478 and 1479 Tempera on panel, 24.8 x 18.1 in // Museo Correr, Venice

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Jan Provost

On June 13, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Flemish, nbd

Jan Provost, Flemish painter, 1462/65 – January 1529

The Crucifixion, between circa 1515 and circa 1520 Oil on panel, 40.1 x 31.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium

The Angel Announcing to Abraham the Birth of a Son, 16th century Oil on wood, 28 x 22.8 in // Louvre, Paris

Death and the Miser, first half of 16th century Oil on oak wood, 47.2 x 31.1 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

Jan Provost, Donor with St Nicholas and his Wife with St Godelina, first half of 16th century Oil on oak wood, 47.2 x 31.1 in Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

Donor with St Nicholas and his Wife with St Godelina, first half of 16th century Oil on oak wood, 47.2 x 31.1 in // Groeningemuseum, Bruges, Belgium

The Martyrdom of St Catherine, first half of 16th century Oil on panel, 37 x 26.7 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

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Piero di Cosimo

On June 8, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, january 2

Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter, January 2, 1462 – April 12, 1522

Presumed self-portrait at the right side of his painting Perseus Freeing Andromeda

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci, 1490 Tempera on panel, 22.44 x 16.53 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

A Satyr Mourning over a Nymph, circa 1495 Oil on poplar wood, 25.7 x 72.5 in // National Gallery, London

The Fight between the Lapiths and the Centaurs, circa 1500-1515 Oil on panel, 27.9 x 102.3 in // National Gallery, London

Allegory, c 1500 Oil on panel, 22.1 × 17.4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Tritons and Nereids, 1500 Oil on panel, 14.6 x 62.2 in // Private collection

The Discovery of Honey by Bacchus, c 1499 Oil on panel Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts

Andromeda Freed by Perseus, c 1510 - c 1515 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 48.4 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The Forest Fire, c 1488-1507 Oil on panel, 27.9 x 79.9 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

The Finding of Vulcan on Lemnos, circa 1490 Oil and tempera on canvas, 61 × 68.7 in // Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

Hunting Scene, c 1494–1500 Tempera and oil transferred to Masonite, 27.75 x 66.75 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Return from the Hunt, c 1494–1500 Tempera and oil on wood, 27.75 x 66.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Vulcan and Aeolus, c 1490 Tempera and oil on canvas, 61.2 × 65.5 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Venus, Mars and Cupid, c 1505 Oil on poplar panel, 28.3 x 71.6 in // Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Portrait of a Woman, 1500s Paper on wood, 19.6 x 14.5 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

François Clouet

On June 8, 2025 - 16th Century, French, nbd

François Clouet, French painter, c. 1510 – December 22, 1572

Portrait of François Clouet

Odet De Coligny, Cardinal De Chatillon, circa 1548 Oil on canvas, 37 x 28.7 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

A Lady in Her Bath, circa 1571 Oil on oak wood, 36.33 x 31.96 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Love Letter, circa 1570 Oil on panel, 16.3 x 21.6 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Portrait of Charles IX Oil on panel // Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Agen, France

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Palma Vecchio

On June 7, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Palma Vecchio, Italian painter, c. 1480 – July 30, 1528

Sacred Conversation, circa 1516-1518 Tempera on wood, 33.2 x 41.7 in // National Museum in Poznań, Poland

Madonna with Child, Saint Jerome, St. Peter and Donor, circa 1509 Oil on canvas, 37.7 x 55.1 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Sacred Conversation, circa 1520/1522 Oil on canvas, 52.3 x 77.9 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Magdalene, 1520 Oil on panel, 27.9 x 42.5 in // Palazzo Rosso, Genoa

Sacred Conversation with Donors, c 1525 Oil on canvas, 51.8 x 76.4 // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Salvator Mundi, circa 1520 Oil on panel, 29.1 x 24.8 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Diana and Callisto, circa 1525-1528 Oil on panel, 30.5 x 48.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Poet, circa 1516 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 25 in // National Gallery, London

Young Woman in Profile, between circa 1512 and circa 1514 Oil on poplar wood, 19.2 x 16.6 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Young Woman in a Blue Dress, with Fan, 1512 - 1514 Oil on canvas, 25 x 20 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Young Woman Known as "La Bella", between 1518 and 1520 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 31.4 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

A Blonde Woman, circa 1520 Oil on panel, 30.5 x 25.2 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of a Young Woman With Bare Breast, 1525 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 22.8 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

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