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Giovanni Battista Moroni

On May 21, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter, circa 1520-1524 – February 5, 1578

Portrait of a Man, n.d. Oil on canvas, 22 in x 17.8 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of a Lady/The Lady in Red, between circa 1556 and circa 1560 Oil on canvas, 61 x 42 in // National Gallery, London

The Tailor, from 1565 until 1570 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 30.3 in // National Gallery, London

Lady in a Red Dress, 1560 Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 35.4 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Giovanni Battista Moroni, A Knight with his Jousting Helmet, about 1554-8 Oil on canvas National Gallery, London

A Knight with his Jousting Helmet, about 1554-8 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 41.7 in National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Don Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque, Spanish Governor of Milan, 1560 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 35.7 in Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Don Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque, Spanish Governor of Milan, 1560 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 35.7 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of Isotta Brembati Grumelli, 1552 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 45.2 in // Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo, Italy

Portrait of Alessandro Vittoria, between 1552 and 1553 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 25.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Bartolommeo Bonghi, shortly after 1553 Oil on canvas, 40 x 32.2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo,before 1552 Oil on canvas, 78.6 x 45.6 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Prospero Alessandri, 1560 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 33 in // Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Man holding a Letter, circa 1570 Oil on canvas, 35 x 28.5 in // National Gallery, London

The Knight in Black, 1567 Oil on canvas, 75 x 40 in // Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

"Titian's Schoolmaster", circa 1575 Oil on canvas, 38 1/8 x 29 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of a Soldier, between 1555 and 1559 Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 35.8 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Vestal Virgin Tuccia, circa 1555 Oil on canvas, 60 x 34.2 in // National Gallery, London

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Titian

On May 20, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Tiziano Vecellio, Italian painter, c. 1477/88/90 – August 27, 1576

Self-Portrait, circa 1562 Oil on canvas, 33.8 in x 25.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Man Holding a Flute, ca. between 1560 and 1565 Oil on canvas, 39.4 in x 30.5 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1570 Oil on canvas, 44.4 in x 37.5 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Francis I, King of France, in Profile Oil on canvas, 3.6 x 2.9 ft // Louvre, Paris

Ecce Homo, 1547 Oil on slate, 27.1 x 22 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo, circa 1510 Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 26.1 in // National Gallery, London

Woman with a Mirror, circa 1515 Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 29.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

La Schiavona, between circa 1510 and circa 1512 Oil on canvas, 47 x 37.9 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga, circa 1525 Oil on canvas, 49.2 × 39 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Burial of Christ, 1572 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 66.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Jerome in Penitence, between 1556 and 1561 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 49.2 in // Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

David and Goliath, between 1542 and 1544 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 112.2 in // Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Pietà, between 1575 and 1576 Oil on canvas, 11.5 x 11.4 ft // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

The Rape of Europa, between 1560 and 1562 Oil on canvas, 70 × 80.7 in // Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Bacchus and Ariadne, between 1520 and 1523 Oil on canvas, 69.4 x 75.1 in // National Gallery, London

Danaë, circa 1545 Oil on canvas, 46 x 27.1 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Diana and Actaeon, from 1556 until 1569 Oil on canvas, 72.6 x 79.6 in // National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

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Cornelis van Haarlem

On May 18, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter, 1562 – November 11, 1638

Self-Portrait, 1588-1590

The Massacre of the Innocents Part of Draper's altar, 1591 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 101.1 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

The Baptism of Christ, second half of 16th century Oil on copper, 17.7 x 12.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Baptism of Christ, 1588 Oil on canvas, 66.9 x 81.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Fall of the Titans, from 1588 until 1590 Oil on canvas, 94.09 x 10.07 ft // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The First Family, 1589 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 56.2 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France

The Fall of Ixion (Ovid, Met. 4:461), circa 1588 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 59.8 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Massacre of the Innocents, 1590 Oil on canvas, 96.4 x 11.6 ft // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Hercules and Achelous, 1590 Oil on canvas Private collection

A Monk and a Beguine, 1591 Oil on canvas, 45.6 × 40.5 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Christ Holding the Cross and a Chalice, circa 1591 Oil on panel, 53.3 x 41.7 in // National Museum in Warsaw

The Fall of Man, 1592 Oil on canvas, 107.4 x 86.6 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, circa 1592-1593 Oil on canvas, 96.8 x 13.7 ft // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Portrait of Pieter Jansz. Kies, 1596 Oil on panel, 38.1 x 31.8 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Venus and Adonis, 1614 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 29.2 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France

Cornelis van Haarlem, Banquet of the Officers and Sub-Alterns of the Haarlem Calivermen Civic Guard, 1599 Oil on panel, 66.5 x 87.9 in Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Banquet of the Officers and Sub-Alterns of the Haarlem Calivermen Civic Guard, 1599 Oil on panel, 66.5 x 87.9 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

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Andrea del Sarto

On May 11, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, july 16

Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, July 16, 1486 – September 29, 1530

Self-portrait, 1528

Portrait of a Sculptor, c 1524 Oil on linen, 28.3 x 22.4 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Portrait of a Man, from 1528 until 1530 Oil on canvas, 26.2 x 19.8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pietà with Saints, between 1523 and 1524 Oil on panel, 94 x 78.3 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

Madonna of the Harpies, 1517 Oil on panel, 81.4 x 70 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Head of Saint John the Baptist, circa 1523 Black chalk on paper laid down on panel, 13 x 9 1/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Assumption of the Virgin, 1530 Oil on panel, 10.1 ft x 80.7 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

S Filippo Benizi's Death and Child restored to Life (detail), c 1509 Fresco SS Annunziata, Chiostrino dei Voti, Florence

Birth of the Virgin (detail), 1509-10 Fresco SS Annunziata, Chiostrino dei Voti, Florence

Leda and the swan, circa 1490 Oil on wood, 40.1 in x 29.9 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Abraham Janssens

On May 10, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, nbd

Abraham Janssens, Flemish painter, 1575–1632

Allegory of the Burdens of Time, 1609 Oil on panel, 61.8 in x 91.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Lascivia, c. 1618 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Scaldis and Antwerpia, 1609 Oil on panel, 68.5 x 10.1 ft // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

The Moon: an Allegory of Fickleness, circa 1617 Oil on canvas, 50.1 x 41.4 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Sense of Sight, 1630s Oil on canvas, 56 x 36 in // Indianapolis Museum of Art

Venus and Adonis, circa 1620 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 94.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Four Elements, c 1615 Oil on canvas, 64 7/8 × 78 3/8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Apotheosis of Aeneas, between c 1620 and c 1630 Oil on panel, 78.8 x 89.9 in // Staatsgalerie Neuburg, Germany

Diana and her Companions, circa 1613 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 36.8 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Allegory of the Four Elements, 1608 Oil on panel, 65.4 x 78.7 in // Private collection

Allegory of Joy and Melancholy, 1628 Oil on canvas, 47.4 x 38.4 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1600 and 1604 Oil on panel, 37.2 x 47.7 in // Dayton Art Institute

Heraclitus, between c 1601 and c 1602 Oil on panel, 25.2 x 20 in // Private collection

Abraham Janssens, Allegory of the Burdens of Time("The man overwhelmed by time is helped by hope and patience"), 1609 Oil on panel, 61.8 x 91.4 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Allegory of the Burdens of Time("The man overwhelmed by time is helped by hope and patience"), 1609 Oil on panel, 61.8 x 91.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

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Cornelis de Vos

On May 8, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, nbd

Cornelis de Vos, Flemish painter, 1584 – May 9, 1651

After Van Dyck, Portrait of Cornelis de Vos

Cornelis de Vos, The Citizens of Antwerp Bring Back to Saint Norbert the Monstrance and other Sacred Vessels that they had hidden from Tankelin, 1630 Oil on canvas, 60.2 in x 98 in Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

The Citizens of Antwerp Bring Back to Saint Norbert the Monstrance and other Sacred Vessels that they had hidden from Tankelin, 1630 Oil on canvas, 60.2 in x 98 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp

Abraham Grapheus, 1620 Oil on panel, 47.2 x 40.2 in // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

Self-Portrait with Family, 1621 Oil on canvas, 74 in x 63.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of an Elderly Widow Aged Forty with a Child, 1576 Oil on wood, 53.5 x 42.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Christ and the Samaritan Woman, between circa 1630 and circa 1635 Oil on canvas, 65.7 x 80.1 in // Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

The Anointing of Solomon, 17th century Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 71.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of a Young Woman, between 1603 and 1651 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 37.2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Magdalena and Jan-Baptist de Vos, Children of the Painter, 1622 Oil on canvas, 30.7 x 36.2 in // Gemäldegalerie Berlin

The Finding of Moses, between 1631 and 1635 Oil on canvas, 68.1 x 102.4 in // Private collection

Players and Courtesans Under a Tent, between 1600 and 1651 Oil on canvas, 54.1 x 73 in // Musée de Picardie, Amiens

Allegory of Earth, 17th century Oil on canvas Private collection

The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne, 17th century Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 116.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Sacrifice of Abraham, between c 1631 and c 1635 Oil on canvas, 87.4 x 70 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Vertumnus and Pomona, between 1631 and 1635 Oil on canvas, 54.7 x 31.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

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Tilman Riemenschneider

On May 5, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German, nbd

Tilman Riemenschneider, German woodcarver and sculptor, c. 1460 – July 7, 1531

Self Portrait in the Predella of the Marien Altar Creglingen

Tomb Relief of Johannes Trithemius, c 1516 Neumünster, Würzburg, Germany

Two Figures from an Annunciation, c. 1485 - c. 1487 Alabaster, 16 x 16 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Tilman Riemenschneider, Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt), c. 1495 Alabaster, traces of polychromy Cleveland Museum of Art

Saint Jerome and the Lion (From the former Church of St. Peter in Erfurt), c. 1495 Alabaster, traces of polychromy Cleveland Museum of Art

St George Fighting the Dragon, c. 1490, Limewood, 30.5 x 22 in // Bode Museum, Berlin

Detail of Face of Rudolf Von Scherenberg Würzburg Cathedral, Germany

Assumption of Saint Mary Magdalene, Part of Münnerstädter Altar, 1490/92 Linden wood Bavarian National Museum, Munich

Mourning Women from a Lamentation of Christ, c. 1485/1490, Limewood, original color Bode Museum Berlin

Holy Blood Altar Limewood St. Jakob's Church, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany

Saint Barbara Linden wood, 52.5 x 15.5 x 10.5 in // Bavarian National Museum, Munich

Altar of the Virgin, c. 1505-1508 // Herrgottskirche, Creglingen, Germany

John the Baptist Linden wood St. Kilian's Church, Haßfurt, Germany

St Mark the Evangelist, From the Predella of the Münnerstädter High Altar Bode Museum, Berlin

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Linden wood, 43.3 x 13.7 in // German National Museum, Nuremberg

Virgin of an Annunciation Alabaster, c. 1495 Louvre, Paris

The Lamentation of Christ, 1525 Cloister church of St. Afra, Maidbronn, Germany

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Hans Holbein the Elder

On May 5, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German, nbd

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Frans Hals

On May 5, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Frans Hals, Dutch painter, c. 1582 – August 26, 1666

Frans Hals, Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, from 1633 until 1637 Oil on canvas, 82.2 in x 14 ft Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Militia Company of District XI under the Command of Captain Reynier Reael, from 1633 until 1637 Oil on canvas, 82.2 in x 14 ft // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Willem van Heythuysen, 1635 Oil on oak wood, 18.5 in x 14.4 in // Private Collection, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

Officers and Sub-Alterns of the Calivermen Civic Guard, Haarlem, 1634 Oil on canvas, 81.4 inx 11 ft // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Regents of the Old Men's Almshouse, 1664 Oil on canvas, 67.8 in x 100.7 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Regents of the St Elizabeth Hospital of Haarlem, 1641 Oil on canvas, 60.2 in x 99.2 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Portrait of a Man Holding a Watch, 1643 Oil on canvas, 32 1/2 x 26 1/4 in // The Barnes Collection, Philadelphia

Portrait of a Woman, 1630 Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 22.8 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of an unknown, 53 year old woman, 1640 Oil on canvas, 33.2 x 26.5 in // Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Portrait of Johannes Hoornbeek, 1645 Oil on canvas, 31.3 x 26.8 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

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Lucas Cranach the Elder

On April 28, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, German, nbd

Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter, 1472-1553

Lucas Cranach the Elder at 77, painted by Lucas Cranach the Younger

Lucas Cranach the Elder, The Princesses Sibylla, Emilia, and Sidonia of Saxony, circa 1535 Oil on lime wood, 24.4 in x 35 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Princesses Sibylla, Emilia, and Sidonia of Saxony, circa 1535 Oil on lime wood, 24.4 in x 35 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Man, 1529 Oil on beech wood, 20.1 in x 14 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, 1530s Oil on poplar, 34.25 x 22.8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Saint Christopher, between 1518 and 1520 Paint on lime, 16.4 × 3.1 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of Princess Sibylle of Cleve, 1526 Paint on beech wood, 22.4 x 15.3 in // Schloss Weimar, Germany

Melancholy, 1532 Oil on panel, 20 x 38.1 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Portrait of the Elector John Frederic the Magnanimous of Saxony, 1531 Oil on panel, 20 x 14.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Saint Peter, 16th century Oil on panel, 44.4 x 21.2 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Venus with Amor the Honey Thief, after 1537 Oil on panel, 68.5 x 25.9 in // Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands

The Close of the Silver Age, circa 1530 Oil on oak wood, 19.7 x 14 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of a Woman, from 1525 until 1527 Oil on panel, 14.1 x 9.8 in // National Gallery, London

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