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William Dobson

On February 27, 2026 - 17th Century, English, march 4

William Dobson, English painter, March 4, 1611 - October 28, 1646

Portrait of a Family, Probably that of Richard Streatfeild, c 1645

Oil on canvas, 42 x 49 in

Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Portrait of the Artist, Bust Length in a Black Tunic and White Collar, late 1630s

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 18.5 in //

Private collection

Portrait Thought to Be of Judith Sander, the Artist's Wife, c 1640.

Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in //

Tate Gallery, London

Charles II, When Prince of Wales, with a Page, 1642

Oil on canvas, 60.5 x 51.1 in //

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh

Portrait of Abraham van der Doort, c 1640

Oil on canvas, 17.7 x 14.9 in //

Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Endymion Porter, 1640 - 1643

Oil on canvas, 50 x 59 in //

Tate Britain, London

The Executioner with the Head of John the Baptist, c 1640

Oil on canvas, 43.50 x 11.88 in //

Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Portrait of Colonel John Milward

Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 ½ in //

Private collection

Sir Edward Nicholas

Oil on canvas, 22.7 x 18.5 in

National Portrait Gallery, London

William Dobson, Portrait of Sir Edward Dering, c 1642 Oil on canvas, 35.9 × 22.9 in The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh, Brecon, Wales

Sir Edward Nicholas

Oil on canvas, 22.7 x 18.5 in

National Portrait Gallery, London

Group portrait of Prince Rupert, Colonel William Legge, and Colonel John Russell, c 1645

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Portrait of Diplomat and Author Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1644

Oil, 52.3 x 41.3 in //

Valence House Museum, Dagenham, UK

Pietro Novelli

On February 26, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian, march 2

Pietro Novelli, Italian painter, March 2, 1603 - August 27, 1647

Saint James the Great

Oil on canvas

Museum of Fine Arts of Marseille, France

Resurrection of Lazarus, c 1635 - c 1640

Oil on canvas, 94 x 70 in //

Prado, Madrid

Crowning of Saint Casimir, 1636

Oil on canvas, 131.9 x 90.1 in //

Palazzo Abatellis/Regional Gallery of Sicily, Palermo

Lot and His Family Fleeing from Sodom, c 1640

Oil on canvas, 99.2 × 78.7 in //

Royal Monastery of El Escorial, Spain

Saint Rosalia of Palermo in Glory, c 1603 - c 1647

Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 70.8 in //

Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madri

Archangel Gabriel Sent by the Trinity to the Virgin Mary, 1635 - 1636

Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 77.9 in //

Capodimonte Museum, Naples

Holy Family, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 90.7 x 64.9 in //

Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Cain Killing Abel, 1625 - 1647

Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 56.2 in //

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Saint Rosalia (or Mary Magdalene), c 1636

Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 39.3 in //

Museum of Art History, Vienna

Moses

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 19.7 in //

Palazzo Abatellis/Regional Gallery of Sicily, Palermo

Holy Martyr

Oil on canvas, 31.5 x 30.9 in //

Palazzo Abatellis/Regional Gallery of Sicily, Palermo

Head of an Old Woman, c 1620 - 1647 circa

Palazzo di Venezia, Rome

Charles le Brun

On February 14, 2026 - 17th Century, february 24, French

Charles Le Brun, French painter, baptised February 24, 1619 – February 12, 1690

Portrait of the Sculptor Nicolas Le Brun, c 1635

Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 27.1 in //

Residenzgalerie Salzburg

Alexander and Porus, c 1672 - 1673

Oil on canvas, 15.5 x 41.5 ft //

Louvre, Paris

The Chancelor Séguier, between 1660 and 1661

Oil on canvas, 116.1 x 11.7 ft //

Louvre, Paris

Study of the Expressions

Etching

Equestrian Portrait of Louis XIV of France, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 114.5 x 89.7 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tournai, France

Alexander Entering Babylon, c 1673

Oil on canvas, 14.7 x 23.1 ft //

Louvre, Paris

Louis XIV, c 1662

Oil on canvas, 26.7 x 22.4 in //

Museum of the History of France, Paris

The Queens of Persia at the Feet of Alexander/The Tent of Darius, 1661

Oil on canvas, 117.3 x 14.8 ft //

Palace of Versailles

Louis Testelin, Painter, c 1648-1650

Oil on canvas, 25.1 × 20.4 in //

Louvre, Paris

Daedalus and Icarus, between 1645 and 1646

Oil on canvas, 74.8 x 48.8 in //

Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Descent from the Cross, late 1640s

Oil on canvas, 38 1/2 x 33 in //

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, after 1680

Oil on canvas

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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