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Mattia Preti

On February 6, 2026 - 17th Century, february 24, Italian

Mattia Preti, Italian artist, February 24, 1613 – January 3, 1699

Sermon of the Baptist and Self-Portrait, c 1672 (detail)

Oil on canvas, 114 × 79.5 in //

Chiesa di San Domenico, Taverna, Italy

Sermon of the Baptist and Self-Portrait, c 1672

Oil on canvas, 114 × 79.5 in //

Chiesa di San Domenico, Taverna, Italy

Saint Anthony Abbot

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 24.4 in

Private collection

Homer, c 1635

Oil on canvas, 40.1 x 31.8 in

Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Calling of the Apostle Matthew, c 1635/1640

Oil on canvas, 41 x 64.6 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Doubting Thomas, between 1656 and 1660

Oil on canvas, 73.6 x 57.2 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Christ in Glory with Saints, between 1660 and 1661

Oil on canvas, 86.6 x 99.6 in

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Vanitas, 1650 / 1670

Oil on canvas, 36.8 x 25.5 in //

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The Dinner of the Rich Glutton, c 1655

Oil on canvas, 58.3 x 78.7 in //

Galleria Nazionale di Arte Antica di Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Liberation of Saint Peter, c 1650

Oil on canvas, 81.9 × 101.6 in //

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

St George on Horseback, c 1658

Oil on canvas, 108.2 x 81.4 in

St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta

Belisarius Receiving Alms, 1660-1665

Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 78 in //

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1640s

Oil on canvas, 56 5/8 × 75 1/2 in //

Saint Louis Art Museum

Cavaliere d’Arpino

On February 1, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, february 14, Italian

Cavaliere d'Arpino, Italian painter, February 14, 1568 – July 3, 1640

Self-Portrait, 1640 Accademia di San Luca, Rome

Perseus Rescuing Andromeda, 1594/95 Oil on panel, 20 11/16 x 14 15/16 in Clark Institute of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Diana and Actaeon, from 1602 until 1603 Oil on copper, 19.6 x 27.1 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Discovery of Romulus and Remus, 1596 Fresco Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome

Combat of the Horatii and the Curiatii, 1612 - 1613) Fresco Capitoline Museums, Rome

Cavaliere d'Arpino, Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels, c 1592–1593 Oil on tin plate or oil on copper, 18.8 x 16.4 in Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Archangel Michael and the Rebel Angels, c 1592–1593 Oil on tin plate or oil on copper, 18.8 x 16.4 in // Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

The Expulsion from Paradise, c 1600-1610 Oil on copper, 20.2 x 13.9 in // Apsley House, London

Christ in Joseph's Workshop, from 1610 until 1625 Oil on canvas, 36.2 × 42.1 in // Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cavaliere d'Arpino, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, between 1605 and 1610 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 18.8 in Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, between 1605 and 1610 Oil on canvas, 24.1 x 18.8 in // Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Noli Me Tangere Oil on pine wood, 17.7 x 14.4 in // Private collection

Martyrdom of Saint Margaret, between 1608 and 1611 Oil on panel, 33.5 x 24.6 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Head of a Bearded Man Wearing a Hood in Profile Facing Left, between 1636 and 1638 Pen and brown ink, 10 7/16 x 6 5/8 // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

David and Goliath, 1600s Black charcoal and red pencil, 7.3 x 9.8 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lille, France

Guercino

On January 28, 2026 - 17th Century, february 8, Italian

Guercino, Italian Painter, February 8, 1591 – December 9, 1666

Self-Portrait with a Palette, c 1624-6 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 24.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Persian Sibyl, 1647 - 1648 Oil on canvas, 46.1 in x 37.8 in // Capitoline Museum, Rome

Samson and Delilah, 1654 Oil on canvas, 69.2 x 87.7 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Martyrdom of St Catherine, 1653 Oil on canvas, 87.5 x 62.5 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

King David, 1651 Oil on canvas, 87.9 x 67 in // National Gallery, London

Personification of Astrology, between 1650 and 1655 Oil on canvas, 31.7 x 25.7 in // Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas

Laundry Women at a Dilapidated Gate University Libraries Leiden, The Netherlands

Flying Putto Holding a Basket With Flowers, between 1606 and 1666 Black chalk and stumping, 6.2 x 7.6 in // Private collection

St Peter and the Angel, early 1650s Red chalk on paper, 0.82 x 1.18 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

The Triumph of David, 1636 - 1637 Pen, brown ink, brown wash on paper, 9.25 x 12.44 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Bearded Man with a Hat, in Profile to Left Drawing, 6.4 x 4.8 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

A Seated Female Nude/Bathsheba, 17th century Ink on paper pen and brown ink, red chalk, 9.13 x 7.32 in // Private collection

Carel Pietersz. Fabritius

On January 28, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, february 27

Carel Pietersz. Fabritius, Dutch painter, February 27, 1622 – October 12, 1654

Self-portrait, circa 1645 Oil on panel, 24.5 x 20.1 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

The Sentry, 1654 Oil on canvas, 26.7 x 22.8 in // Staatliches Museum Schwerin, Germany

A View of Delft, 1652 Oil on canvas mounted on walnut wood, 6.1 x 12.4 in // National Gallery, London

Raising of Lazarus, 1640s Oil on canvas, 82.6 x 55.1 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Hagar and the Angel, 1645 Oil on canvas, 62.2 x 53.5 in // Leiden Collection, Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria

Mercury and Aglauros, between c 1645 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 35.8 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Portrait of Abraham de Potter, 1649 Oil on canvas, 26.9 x 22.4 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Lady in Profile, 1654 Oil on canvas, 26.1 x 22.6 in // Landesmuseum Hannover, Germany

Portrait of an Aged Man Oil on canvas Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France

Head of an Old Man, 1640s Oil on canvas, 15.1 x 12.2 in Groninger Museum, The Netherlands

Mercury and Argus, between c 1645 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 28.9 x 40.9 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Carel Pietersz. Fabritius, Jesus among the Doctors, 1640s Pen and brush, brown ink, heightened with white gouache, 8.66 x 11.61 in Museum collection Am Römerholz, Winterthur, Switzerland

Jesus among the Doctors, 1640s Pen and brush, brown ink, heightened with white gouache, 8.66 x 11.61 in // Museum collection Am Römerholz, Winterthur, Switzerland

The Beheading of John the Baptist, 1648-50 Oil on canvas, 58.7 x 47.6 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Alessandro Magnasco

On January 10, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, february 4, Italian

Alessandro Magnasco, Italian painter, February 4, 1667 - March 12, 1749

Self-portrait, 17th century or 18th century Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in // Private collection

Joseph Interpreting Dreams, 1700s Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 69.6 in // Private collection

Hermit in the Desert, 1700/1740 Oil on canvas, 13.4 x 16.1 in // Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

The Tame Magpie, c 1707 and c 1778 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Interrogations in Jail, between c 1710 and c 1720 Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 32.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Banditti at Rest, 1710s Oil on canvas, 44 x 63.7 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Garden Party in Albaro, c 1740 Oil on canvas, 33.9 x 77.9 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Dissipation and Ignorance Destroy the Arts and Sciences, between 1735 and 1740 Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 36 in // Private collection

Workshop of Nuns, c 1725-1730 Oil on canvas, 16.1 x 12.9 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Jewish Funerals, c 1720 Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 46 in // Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris

The Exorcism of the Waves, c 1735 Oil on canvas, 33 x 51 in // Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

The Painter’s Workshop, between 1722 and 1723 Oil on canvas, 23.8 x 16.7 in Private collection

Sébastien Bourdon

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, february 2, French

Sébastien Bourdon, French painter and engraver, February 2, 1616-May 8, 1671

Self-Portrait, 1652–1658 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 22 in // Palace of Versailles

Bathsheba Guiding Solomon to the Throne, c 1643 Oil on canvas, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France

The Baptism of Christ, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 45.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Finding of Moses, c 1655/1660 Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Laban Searching the Belongings of Jacob Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 26.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Departure of Jacob, Unknown date Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 54.3 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Christ and the Samaritan Woman Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 78.3 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 102.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, between 1646 and 1647 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 57 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

A Brawl in a Guard-Room, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 29.48 x 23.85 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Christ Receiving the Children, c 1655 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Death of Dido, between 1637 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 53.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jacob van Campen

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, february 2

Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect, February 2, 1596 - September 13, 1657

Jacob van Campen in his book Images of the City Hall of Amsterdam in 30 engravings, 1665

Mauritshuis, The Hague, 1640

Kasteel Oldenaller, 1655-1665 Putten, The Netherlands

Coymanshuis is a canal house on the Keizersgracht 177, Amsterdam. The double wide house was designed and built in 1625

New Church, Haarlem, 1645-1649

Noordeinde Palace, 1640 The Hague

Palace Huis ten Bosch, 1645 The Hague

Jacob van Campen, Double Portrait of Constantijn Huygens, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 30.9 in Mauritshuis, The Hague

Double Portrait of Constantijn Huygens and his wife Susanna van Baerle, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 30.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman Making Her Toilet, 1650 - 1655 Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 26.4 in // Museum Bredius, The Hague

Argus, Mercury and Io, 1630s Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 75.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Lenaert Nicasius, c 1651 Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Koepelkerk, 1639-1641 Renswoude, Netherlands

Vanitas Still Life with a Book and a Skull, c 1645-1650 Oil on panel, 34 x 33.8 in // Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Jan Steen

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Steen, Dutch painter, c 1626 – February 3, 1679

Company Playing Cards in an Interior, c 1660 Oil on panel, 18 x 23.7 in // Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection

Self-portrait as a Lutenist, 3rd quarter of 17th century Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 17.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

The Drawing Lesson, about 1665 Oil on panel, 19.37 x 16.22 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

"As the Old Sing, the Children Peep," 1662 Oil on canvas, 37 x 31.8 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Jan Steen, Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in // The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Peasants before an Inn, 1650s Oil on panel, 19.75 x 24.25 in // Toledo Museum of Art

Rhetoricians at a Window, between 1663 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 29.9 x 23 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

The Bowling Game, c 1655 Oil on oak wood, 26.7 x 34.2 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

"The Way You Hear It, Is the Way You Sing It," c 1665 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Double Portrait of Adolf Croeser and his Daughter Catharina Croeser, 1655 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 27 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

"The Way You Hear It, Is the Way You Sing It," c 1665 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman at her Toilet, 1663 Oil on Panel, 25.9 x 20.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Massimo Stanzione

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian

Massimo Stanzione, Italian painter, 1585 – 1656

Beheading of St John the Baptist, c 1634 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 101.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Virgin and Child, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Adoration of the Magi, c 1656 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 79 in // Private collection

Susanna and the Elders, 1643 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.1 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Saint Agnes, from 1635 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 29.5 in // Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1621 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Woman in Neapolitan Costume, 1635 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 38.2 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1634 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 140.9 in // Prado, Madrid

Cleopatra, 1630s Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 39.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jerome Bankes, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Kingston Lacy, UK

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 57.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lot and his Daughters Royal Palace of Naples

Giovanni Lanfranco

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, january 26

Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter, January 26, 1582 - November 1647

Self-Portrait, between 1628 and 1632 Oil Columbus Museum of Art

Liberation of Saint Peter, between c 1620 and c 1621 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 48.1 in // Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Young Naked Man on a Bed with Cat, between 1620 and 1622 Oil on canvas, 43.9 x 62.9 in // Private collection

Council of the Gods, between 1624 and 1625 Fresco Galleria Borghese, Rome

Hagar and the Angel in the Desert, between c 1600 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 62.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 80 x 96 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Moses and the Messengers from Canaan, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 85.7 x 97 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Gladiators at a Banquet, c 1638 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 11.6 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Last Supper, between 1624 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 13.9 ft // National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona, 1622 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 72.8 in // Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Saint Agatha in Prison, c 1613-1614 Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 52.2 in // National Gallery of Parma

Roman Mock Naval Battle, between 1635 and 1638 Oil on canvas, 71.25 x 142.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madri

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