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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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Agostino Carracci

On June 5, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, august 16, Italian

Agostino Carracci, Italian artist, August 16, 1557 – March 22, 1602

Agostino Carracci, Self portrait as a watchmaker

Venus and Cupid, ca. 1599 Black chalk on paper, 10.3 × 17.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Agostino Carracci, Bust-Length Portrait of a Woman Red chalk, over possible traces of black chalk The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bust-Length Portrait of a Woman Red chalk, over possible traces of black chalk, 13 11/16 x 9 13/16 in // The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Glaucus and Scylla, 1597 Fresco Farnese Gallery Rome

Anna Parolini Guicciardini, 1598 Oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of an Old Woman, circa 1590 Oil on canvas Collection of the Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna

Alessandro Allori

On May 31, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, may 31

Alessandro Allori, Italian painter, May 31, 1535-September 22, 1607

Self-portrait, circa 1555 Oil on panel, 23.6 x 18.5 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Susanna and the Elders, 1561 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 46 in // Musée Magnin, Dijon, France

Venus and Cupid, c 1570

Oil on wood, 11.4 x 15.4 in //

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Pearl Fishers, 1570-72 Oil on slate, 45.7 x 33.9 in // Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

Annunciation, 1577 - 1578 Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 11.2 in Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence

The Banquet of Syphax, 1578-82 Fresco Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano, Italy

Alessandro Allori, Portrait of a Lady in Black and White, about 1590-1599 Oil on poplar panel, 38 3/4 x 27 11/16 in Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Portrait of a Lady in Black and White, about 1590-1599 Oil on poplar panel, 38 3/4 x 27 11/16 in // Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Study of Two Seated Girls Drawing, 12.9 x 13.7 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Fortune, 1550 - 1570

Drawing

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Pearl Diver, c 1570

Black chalk on laid paper, 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Prudence, One of the Four Cardinal Virtues, c 1570 - 1582

Black chalk on paper, 7 x 3.9 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Judgment of Paris, 1583

Pen and brown ink, 14-7/16 x 18-11/16 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Joachim Wtewael

On May 28, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch

Joachim Wtewael, Dutch artist, 1566 – August 1, 1638

Joachim Wtewael - Self-portrait, 1601

Perseus Releases Andromeda, 1611 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 59 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan Oil on copper, 8.1 x 6.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

The Great Flood, 1595 Oil on canvas, 58.2 x 72.6 in // Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, 1600 Oil on canvas, 66.62 x 49.25 in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Portrait of Christina Wtewael van Halen, 1601 Oil on canvas, 3.90 x 2.98 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands

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