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El Greco

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Greek, Spanish

El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Greek painter, October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614

Self-Portrait, 1595-1600 Oil on canvas, 21 x 18 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

St. Peter in Penitence, c.1585 Oil on canvas. 43 x 35 in Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, c.1610 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 32.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, between c 1576 and c 1577 Oil on canvas, 61.6 in x 47.6 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Adoration of the Name of Jesus, between 1577 and 1580 Oil on canvas, 55.1 in x 43.3 in // Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page, between 1585 and 1590 Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 37.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Disrobing of Christ, circa 1600 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 62.9 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara, circa 1600 Oil on canvas, 67.2 x 42.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, before 1570 Oil on panel, 25 3/4 x 32 3/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

El Greco, The Holy Trinity, Part of Altarpiece of the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo El Antiguo, between circa 1577 and circa 1579 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 70.4 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Holy Trinity, Part of Altarpiece of the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo El Antiguo, between circa 1577 and circa 1579 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 70.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Tintoretto

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian

Jacopo Robusti, best known as Tintoretto, Venetian painter, 1518-1594

Self-Portrait by Tintoretto, c. 1587-1588, via Louvre, Paris

The Massacre of the Innocents, between 1582 and 1587 Oil on canvas, 13.8 ft x 17.9 ft Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

The Flight into Egypt, 1582 - 1587 Oil on canvas, 13 ft 10 9/64 in x 19 feet 11/32 inch // Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - St. Peter’s Vision of the Cross by Tintoretto

The Visitation, circa 1588 Oil on canvas, 62.2 in x 93.3 in // Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

The Raising of Lazarus, between 1579 and 1581 Oil on canvas, 17.7 ft x 11.6 ft // Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Saint George and the Dragon, circa 1555 Oil on canvas, 62.3 in x 39.5 in // National Gallery, London

Tarquin and Lucretia, 1578–1580 Oil on canvas, 68 7/8 × 59 5/8 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Abduction of the Body of St. Mark by Christians Oil on canvas, 42.7 x 49.2 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Jacopo Pontormo

On March 25, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, may 24

Jacopo Pontormo, Italian artist, May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557

Portrait of Francesco da Castiglione, 1520 Oil on wood, 20 x 15 in Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Study of a Male Figure for the 'Deposition' Altarpiece in the Capella Capponi, Santa Felicita, Florence, 1525-27 Charcoal on paper

Female Nude, 1535-1543 Black chalk, 8 x 13 // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Saint Jerome Penitent, 1527-1528 Oil on panel, 41.3 in x 31.4 in // Landesmuseum Hannover, Germany

Saint Sebastian, 1515 Oil on panel, 25.5 in x 18.8 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

The Birth of John the Baptist, 1526 Oil on panel, 21.2 in x 21.2 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Madonna and Child, 1532 Oil on canvas, Museum of John Paul II Collection, Warsaw, Poland

Saint Luke, 1526 Oil on panel, 27.5 in // Santa Felicità, Florence

Saint John the Evangelist, 1525 Oil on panel, 27.5 in // Santa Felicità, Florence

Portrait of Maria Salviati de' Medici and Giulia de' Medici, ca. 1539 Oil on panel, 34 5/8 x 28 1/16 in // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Study of a Man Wearing a Hat, 1519-21 Red chalk with incised lines for transfer, 6.1 x 7.8 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Studies of a Youth Pouring from a Jug, 1523-24 Red chalk, 12.4 x 7.6 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Joseph Being Sold to Potiphar, 1515 - 1518 Oil on wood, 22.8 in x 19.6 in // National Gallery, London

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John, c.1527 Oil on wood, 20.5 x 15.7 in

Study for Deluge, circa 1546 Red chalk on paper, 16.49 in x 8.50 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Visitation of Carmignano, 1528 Oil on board, 79.5 in x 61.4 in // Church of San Michele Arcangelo in Carmignano, Italy

The Deposition, from 1526 until 1528 Oil on canvas, 10.2 ft x 75.5 in // Chiesa Santa Felicità, Florence

Jacopo Pontormo, Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?), 1528 - 1530 Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel transferred to canvas, 36.25 x 28.38 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Halberdier (Francesco Guardi?), 1528 - 1530 Oil (or oil and tempera) on panel transferred to canvas, 36.25 x 28.38 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Portrait of an Engraver of Semi-Precious Stones, 1517-1518 Oil on panel, 27.1 x 19.6 in Louvre Museum, Paris

Monsignor della Casa, probably 1541/1544 Oil on panel, 40 3/16 x 31 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Vertumnus and Pomona (detail) Fresco, 15.1 ft x 10.8 yd // Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano, Italy

Youth with a Recorder, 1541-43 Red chalk, 10.7 x 7.7 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve, c. 1550 Black chalk on paper, 12.8 x 7.1 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Portrait of a Lady in Red, 1530s Oil on wood, 35.4 x 28 in // Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

Lady with a Basket of Spindles, c. 1516 Oil on wood, 29.9 x 21.3 // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Supper at Emmaus, 1525 Oil on canvas, 90.6 x 68.1 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Portrait of Two Friends, c. 1522 Oil on panel, 35.6 x 26.8 in // Collezione Vittorio Cini, Venice

Hans Baldung

On March 23, 2025 - 16th Century, German

Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien), German artist, 1484/85-1545

Self-portrait, 1516 Oil Freiburg Minster, Germany

Portrait of a Lady, circa 1530 Oil on panel, 27.2 in x 20.6 in Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Portrait of a Man, 1514 Oil on lime, 23.3 in x 19.2 in National Gallery, London

Phyllis and Aristotle, 1513 Woodcut, 13 x 9 in

The knight, the Girl and Death, between circa 1498 and circa 1508 Oil on lime panel, 13.9 x 11.6 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Venus and Amor, between 1524 and 1525 Oil on linden wood, 81.88 x 33.07 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

Bartholomeus Spranger

On March 21, 2025 - 16th Century, Flemish, march 21

Bartholomeus Spranger, Flemish painter, March 21, 1546 – 1611

Self-portrait, between 1580 and 1585 Oil on canvas, 24.6 × 17.7 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Minerva Victorious Over Ignorance, circa 1591 Oil on canvas, 64.1 in x 46 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Venus and Mercury, c. 1585 Oil on canvas, 43 x 28 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Hermes and Athena, circa 1585 Fresco Prague Castle, Czech Republic

Hans Holbein the Younger

On March 18, 2025 - 16th Century, German, pantheon

Hans Holbein the Younger, German artist 1497/98? – 1543

Printer's Device of Johannes Froben, c.1523 Tempera on canvas, 17 x 12 in Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Portrait of a Nobleman with a Hawk, 1542 Oil on panel, 9.7 x 7.4 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of Dr John Chambers Oil on oak wood, 22.8 x 15.6 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Nicholas Kratzer, late 16th century Oil on panel, 32.2 x 25.5 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

A Lady with a Squirrel and a Starling, circa 1526–1528 Oil on oak wood, 22 x 15.2 in // National Gallery, London

Andrea Mantegna

On March 18, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, pantheon, september 13

Andrea Mantegna, Italian artist, c.1431-September 13, 1506

Bronze Bust of Mantegna, 1510s

Baptism of Christ, circa 1506 Casein (?) on canvas, 89.7 in x 68.8 in Sant’Andrea, Cappella di Giovanni Battista, Mantua, Italy

Andrea Mantegna, The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Madonna of Humility, circa 1490 Burin engraving, 11 x 9 in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

St Mark the Evangelist, ca. 1448 – 1451 Mixed technique on canvas, 32 x 25 in Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Ceiling Oculus, between 1465 and 1474 Fresco, 106.2 in Palazzo Ducale Mantua, Italy

Profile of a Man, circa 1460 Edit this at Wikidata Tempera on panel, 12.7 in x 11.3 in Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Two Holy women, Seated on the Ground, 1455-1465 Pen and brown ink on paper, 5 x 3.5 in The British Museum, London

Four Women Dancing, 1492–1502 Engraving on paper, 9 3/8 × 13 1/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Andrea Mantegna, The Victory of Virtue, 1502 (detail)

The Victory of Virtue. Andrea Mantegna, 1502 (detail)

Children playing with masks, 1495

Muse, 1497

Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar: 3. The Bearers of Trophies and Bullion, between circa 1484 and circa 1492 Tempera on canvas, 106.4 in x 110.4 in Royal Collection, UK

The Triumphs of Caesar: 3. The Bearers of Trophies and Bullion, between circa 1484 and circa 1492 Tempera on canvas, 106.4 in x 110.4 in // Royal Collection, UK

Samson and Delilah, 1495 Glue-size on canvas, 18.5 in x 14.4 in // National Gallery, London

Julius Caesar on his triumphal car, 1500, British Museum

Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar VI: corselet-bearers, Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace Date 1484-1492 (c.1500)

The Triumphs of Caesar VI: corselet-bearers, 1484-1492 (c.1500) Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace

Apostles Watching the Ascension of Christ, 15th century Drawing Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Triumphs of Caesar VII: captives, Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace

Polyptych of St. Luke, 1453 - 1455 Oil on panel, 230 x 177 cm // Palazzo Brera, Milan, Italy

Study for a Christ, 1490, British Museum

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, c. 1454 Tempera on canvas, 30.3 in x 37.1 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze), ca. 1485–88 Engraving, 11 5/8 × 15 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Andrea Mantegna, The Virgin of Victory (The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Saints and Adored by Gian Francesco II Gonzaga), 1496, Louvre, Paris

The Virgin of Victory (The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Saints and Adored by Gian Francesco II Gonzaga), 1496 Tempera on canvas, 110 x 65.3 in Louvre, Paris

Bacchanal with a Wine Vat, Before 1475 Engraving and drypoint, 11 3/4 x 17 3/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Entombment, 1475 Engraving, 11 x 16.7 in

The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in /// Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

San Bernardino da Siena, 1444-1446 Tempera on board, 8.35 x 11.6 in // Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy

Madonna and Child with Cherubs, 1480 - 1490 Oil on canvas, 27.6 x 34.6 in // Palazzo Brera, Milan

Adam Eilsheimer

On March 18, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, German, march 18

Adam Elsheimer, German artist, 18 March 1578 – 11 December 1610

Self-portrait, between 1606 and 1607 Oil on canvas, 25.1 in x 18.8 in Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis, between 1609 and 1610 Oil on copper, 6.4 in x 8.8 in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Tobias and the Angel, between circa 1607 and circa 1608 Oil on copper, 4.8 in x 7.5 in Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Aurora, circa 1606 Oil on copper, 6.6 in x 8.8 in // Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick, Germany

Francesco Albani

On March 17, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, march 17

Francesco Albani, Italian painter, March 17, 1578 – October 4, 1660

Francesco Albani, Self-Portrait

Francesco Albani, Toilet of Venus, 1621 and 1633 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 79.5 in x 99.2 in Louvre Museum, Paris

Toilet of Venus, 1621 and 1633 Oil on canvas, 79.5 in x 99.2 in Louvre Museum, Paris

Dance of the Cupids, 1624 Oil on canvas, 35.4 in x 44.8 in Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Adonis Led by Cupids to Venus, between 1621 and 1633 Oil on canvas, 79.9 in x 99.2 in Louvre Museum, Paris

Maarten van Heemskerck

On March 16, 2025 - 16th Century, Dutch, june 1

Maarten van Heemskerck, Dutch painter, June 1, 1498 – October 1, 1574

Self Portrait of the Painter with the Colosseum in the Background, 1553 Oil on canvas, 17 x 21 in Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK

Martin van Heemskerck, The Adoration of the Magi, between c 1546 and c 1547 Oil on panel, 102.3 in x 48.2 in Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

The Adoration of the Magi, Part of Draper's Triptych, between c 1546 and c 1547 Oil on panel, 102.3 in x 48.2 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Martin van Heemskerck, The Adoration of the Shepherds, Part of Draper's altar, between c 1546 and c 1547 Oil on panel, 102.3 in x 48.2 in Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

The Adoration of the Shepherds, Part of Draper's altar, between c 1546 and c 1547 Oil on panel, 102.3 in x 48.2 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Momus criticizes the works of the Gods, 1561 Oak wood and paint on panel, 47.2 in x 68.5 in Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of a Lady Spinning, c. 1531 Oil on panel, 41.3 x 33.9 in // Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

St Luke Painting the Virgin and Child, 1532 Oil on panel, 66.1 x 92.5 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Man of Sorrows, 1532 Oil on panel, 33.1 x 28.5 in // Fine Arts Museum, Ghent, Belgium

Venus and Cupid, 1545 Oil on wood, 42.5 x 62.2 in Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Annunciation, 1546 Oil on panel, 103.1 x 48.4 in (each wing) // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

The Unhappy Lot of the Rich, 1560 Pen in brown, 6.3 x 9.1 // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Calvary, 1543 Oil on panel, 10.9 ft x 106.2 in // Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

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