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Meindert Hobbema

On October 17, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Dutch, october 31

Meindert Hobbema, Dutch painter, October 31, 1638 - December 7, 1709

Village among Trees Oil on panel, 30 x 43.5 in // The Frick Collection, New York

Wooded Landscape with Figures on a Path Oil on canvas, 10 1/16 × 14 5/8 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Wooded Landscape with Travellers, second half 17th century Oil on panel, 24 x 34.2 in // Private collection

A Watermill beside a Woody Lane Oil on canvas, 20.5 x 26.8 in Royal Collection, UK

Mountain Landscape with Travellers and a Pond, 1659 Oil on panel, 21.4 x 27.9 in // Private collection

Wooded Landscape With Cottages, c 1665 Oil on canvas, 34.6 x 47.5 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Cottages in a Forest, c 1665 Oil on panel, 20.8 x 27.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

A Watermill, 1664 Oil on panel, 23.8 x 33.4 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Haarlem Lock, Amsterdam, from 1663 until 1665 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 38.5 in // National Gallery, London

Landscape with Anglers and a Distant Town, c 1664-1665 Oil on panel, 9.9 x 12.2 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Fishermen's Cottages in the Dunes, c 1680 Oil on panel, 7.5 x 8.9 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

View Along the Amstel, c 1660 Oil on panel, 13.7 x 18.7 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

Hercules Seghers

On October 16, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch

Hercules Seghers, Dutch painter and printmaker, c 1589 – c 1638

The Mossy Tree, c 1625-1630 Lift-ground etching, 6.6 x 3.9 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Distant View with a Road and Mossy Branches, c 1622 - 1625 Line etching, 5.5 x 7.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Still Life with Books, c. 1618 - c. 1622 Line etching, 3.7 x 8.1 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Hercules Seghers, Rocky Landscape with a Man Walking to the Right, First Version, 1625 - 1630 Line etching and drypoint,6.1 x 8.2 in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rocky Landscape with a Man Walking to the Right, First Version, 1625 - 1630 Line etching and drypoint,6.1 x 8.2 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Lamentation of Christ, c 1630 - c. 1633 Line etching with tone and highlights, 6.4 x 6.3 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

View of Rhenen, between c 1620 and c 1630 Oil on oak panel, 16.9 x 26.3 in // Gemäldegalerie Berlin

A Forest Path, from 1618 until 1620 Oil on canvas, 6.2 x 8.8 in // Private collection

Rocky Landscape, 17th century Oil on canvas, 23.2 x 29.5 in // Eva Klabin House Museum, Rio de Janeiro

River Landscape, 17th century Oil on canvas, 15.8 x 25.1 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Rocky Landscape, c 1633 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 21.6 x 39.3 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

River Valley, between 1626 and 1630 Oil on panel, 11.8 x 21 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

River Landscape with Figures, c 1625-30 Oil on panel Private collection

Nicolas de Largillière

On October 9, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, French, october 10

Nicolas de Largillière, French painter, October 10, 1656 - March 20, 1746

Self-Portrait, 1707 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 28.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of Charles Le Brun, between 1683 and 1686 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 73.6 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Study of hands, 1710s Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 20.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Nicolas de Largillière, Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.8 in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Elizabeth Throckmorton, Canoness of the Order of the Dames Augustines Anglaises, 1729 Oil on canvas, 32 x 25.8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Crown Prince Frederick Augustus of Saxony, 1714 or 1715 Oil on canvas, 55.4 x 42.1 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Portrait of a Man in a Purple Robe, c 1700 Oil on canvas, 31.2 x 24.6 in // Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Nicolas de Largillière, François-Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire, between 1724 and 1725 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in Museum of the History of France, Versailles

François-Marie Arouet, aka Voltaire, between 1724 and 1725 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.5 in // Museum of the History of France, Versailles

La Belle Strasbourgeoise, 1703 Oil on canvas, 54 × 42 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts, Strasbourg

Portrait of Mariana Victoria of Spain, 1724 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 49.2 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Nicolas de Largillière, Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, called Mlle Duclos, in the role of Ariadne, 1710s Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21 in Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, called Mlle Duclos, in the role of Ariadne, 1710s Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 21 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Portrait of Pierre van Schuppen, between 1680 and 1683 Oil on canvas, 25.9 x 20.8 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Portrait of General Bardo-Bardi Magalotti, 1690s Oil on canvas, 32.2 x 25.9 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro

On October 1, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, june 3

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Italian painter and architect, June 3, 1678 – June 13, 1745

Martyrdom of St Sebastian, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 39.9 in // Private collection

Saint Agatha, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 39.7 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Stephen Taken to his Martyrdom, between 1630 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 47.2 in // Private collection

The Triumph of David, between c 1645 and c 1650 Oil on canvas, 83.4 x 99.6 in // Museum of Art and History Geneva

King Midas, before 1670 Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 21.2 in // Private collection

Archangel Michael Fights Against the Fallen Angel Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 48 in // National Gallery Prague

Judith with the Head of Holofernes Oil on canvas, 50.1 x 39.7 in // Private collection

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, between 1630 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 47.2 in // Private collection

Saint Rosalie of Palermo, between 1630 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 70.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Martyrdom of St Agatha, between c 1635 and c 1640 Oil on canvas, 48 x 62.5 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

David with the Head of Goliath, c 1635 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Saint Cecilia, before 1670 Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 23.8 in // Private collection

Carlo Saraceni

On September 27, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, nbd

Carlo Saraceni, Italian painter, 1579 – June 16, 1620

Anonymous, Portrait of Carlo Saraceni

Saint Cecilia and the Angel, 1610s Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 54.7 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and an Angel, between c 1608 and c 1610 Oil on copper, 11 1/2 x 14 3/8 in // Honolulu Museum of Art

Vision of Saint Francis, circa 1615 Oil on canvas, 95.8 x 65.9 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, between c 1610 and c 1615 Oil on canvas, 35.4 × 31.1 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Saint Sebastian, circa 1610-16 Oil on canvas // Prague Castle, Czech Republic

Penitent Magdalene, circa 1614 Oil on canvas, 39 x 29.3 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro, between 1609 and 1610 Oil on copper, 11.2 x 13.8 in // National Gallery, London

The Martyrdom of St Cecilia, circa 1610 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 38.9 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Virgin Mary with Child Jesus, St. Anne and Angel, 1600s Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 50 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Carlo Saraceni, Chained Andromeda, between 1598 and 1600 Oil on panel, 10.2 x 8.6 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon

Chained Andromeda, between 1598 and 1600 Oil on panel, 10.2 x 8.6 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

A Seated Man Recoiling Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 20 in // Private collection

Madonna and Child with Saint Anne, circa 1610 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 61 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

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Francesco Solimena

On September 26, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, october 4

Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, October 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747

Saint John the Baptist, circa 1730 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 27.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert Comforted by the Angel, circa 1690 Oil on canvas Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples

Bacchus and Ariadne Oil on copper, 14 x 19 in // Private collection

Madonna and Child, circa 1720 Oil on canvas, 25.4 x 18.9 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1704 Oil on canvas, 80.8 x 60.5 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, after 1705 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 39.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Diana and Endymion, between 1705-1710 Oil on canvas, 70.47 x 91.65 in // Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Emperor Charles VI and Gundacker, Count Althann, 1728 Oil on canvas, 10.13 x 111.81 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, circa 1712 Oil on canvas, 11.92 x 12.63 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Francesco Solimena, Allegorical Figure of Study, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Allegorical Figure of Study, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, Study for the Fall of Simon Magus, 1690 Pen and brown ink, gray, green, and rose washes over graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study for the Fall of Simon Magus, 1690 Pen and brown ink, gray, green, and rose washes over graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, The Continence of Scipio, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16-9/16 x 22-5/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Continence of Scipio, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16-9/16 x 22-5/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Frans Snyders

On September 25, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, november 11

Frans Snyders, Flemish painter, November 11, 1579 – August 19, 1657

Still-Life With a Bitch and Her Litter, 1620-30 Oil on canvas Old Masters Picture Gallery, Dresden

Porcupines and Vipers, c 1579-1657 Oil on canvas, 67.3 x 76.7 in // Cerralbo Museum, Madrid

Frans Snyders, The Christ Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels, between c 1615 and c 1618 Oil on canvas, 77.9 x 104.7 in Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Christ Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Angels, between c 1615 and c 1618 Oil on canvas, 77.9 x 104.7 in // Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Two Monkeys Raiding a Fruit Basket, between 1630 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 33 x 46.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Boar Hunt, circa 1650 Oil on canvas, 67.71 x 94.09 in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Two Young Lions Chasing a Roe, 1620-1625 Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 94.4 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

An Eagle, c 1610 Drawing with pen and brown ink, 11 x 8 in // British Museum, London

Frans Snyders, Fox With Two Herons, circa 1630–40 Pen and brown ink and brown wash, traces of black chalk, 7 5/16 x 10 15/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fox With Two Herons, circa 1630–40 Pen and brown ink and brown wash, traces of black chalk, 7 5/16 x 10 15/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study of a Stag at Bay, between 1630 and 1639 Drawing, 10.3 x 15.7 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Head of a Dead Nun Chalk, 12.2 x 9.8 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

A Sleeping Dog Black and white chalk on light brown tinted paper, 4 x 8 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

A Sitting Dog and the Head of a Dog Black and white chalk on light brown tinted paper, 7.6 x 5.9 in Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo

On September 24, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, december 7, Italian

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Italian artist, December 7, 1578 – December 23, 1635

The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1615 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 81.4 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Immaculate Conception with Saints Dominic and Francis of Paola, 1607 Oil on canvas, 10.9 ft x ?? Santa Maria della Stella, Naples

Immaculate Conception with Saints Dominic and Francis of Paola, 1607 Oil on canvas, 10.9 ft x ?? // Santa Maria della Stella, Naples

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1618 Oil on canvas, 46.6 × 46.6 in // Collection Rau for UNICEF

Christ and Caiaphas, between 1611 and 1620 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 40.5 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Madonna of the Purification of the Soul with Saints Francis and Clare Oil on canvas, 118.1 in x ??? Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Madonna of the Purification of the Soul with Saints Francis and Clare Oil on canvas, 118.1 in x ??? // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Two Youths With Grapes, from 1605 until 1610 Oil on poplar panel, 23.03 x 27.75 in Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Two Youths With Grapes, from 1605 until 1610 Oil on poplar panel, 23.03 x 27.75 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Christ on the Mount of Olives, between 1615 and 1617 Oil on canvas, 58.26 x 48.81 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Sacrifice of Abraham Oil on canvas, 82 x 60.6 in // Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Scotland

Baby, between 1610 and 1619 Drawing, 3.1 x 3.8 in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Head of a Boy in Profile Drawing, 5.4 x 6.1 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Paulus Bor

On September 24, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Paulus Bor, Dutch painter, c. 1601 – August 10, 1669

The Annunciation of the Virgin's Death, first half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 80 x 62 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Travel Pouch and Documents on a Table, 1630 Oil on canvas, 22 x 29.9 in // Private collection

The Magdalen, circa 1635 Oil on panel, 25.8 x 23.9 in // Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Allegory of Avarice, 17th century Oil on canvas, 48 x 39 3/8 in // Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

Seated Nude Bathing by a Stove Oil on canvas, 27.2 x 21.7 in // Private collection

Scene from The Spanish Pagan, Oil on canvas, 48.7 × 58.2 in Centraal Museum Utrecht

The Flower Vendor, 1640 Oil on oak wood, 56.2 x 68.7 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Allegorical Figure, circa 1635 Oil on canvas, 32.1 x 27.5 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

Cydippe with Acontius's Apple, c. 1640 Oil on canvas, 59.4 x 44.9 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Disillusioned Medea/The Enchantress, c. 1640 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 44.1 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Jesus among the Doctors, 1630-35 Oil on canvas, 45.3 x 38.2 in Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Bacchus, 1630-35 Oil on canvas, 58.7 x 41.7 in // Muzeum Narodowe, Poznan

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Adam Pynacker

On September 14, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Adam Pynacker, Dutch painter, 1620/1622–1673

View of a Harbour in Schiedam, between 1650 and 1653 Oil on canvas, 22 x 18.1 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

An Italianate Landscape with Two Donkeys Crossing a Collapsing Bridge, 1660s Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 20 in // Private collection

Peasant Playing with His Dog While Resting at the Margin of a Wood, circa 1653 Oil on canvas, 25.9 x 29.7 in // Private collection

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, circa 1650 Oil on panel, 7.4 x 9 in // Private collection

Bridge in an Italian Landscape, circa 1653 Oil on panel, 17.24 x 20.74 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

The Ferryboat, circa 1657 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 29.8 in // Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Landscape with Sportsmen and Game, circa 1665 Oil on canvas, 54.25 x 78.22 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery

Landscape With Enraged Ox, from 1665 until 1670 Oil on canvas, 46.18 x 41.41 in // Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Study of a Tree, Black chalk, wash on gray paper, 12 x 8 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Landscape with Two Tree Trunks in Foreground Black chalk, gray and brown wash on gray paper, 8.3 x11.8 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

House in a Southern Landscape, 1632 - 1646 Grey wash over graphite on paper, 6.7 x 11.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Adam Pynacker, A House on a Hillside in a Southern Landscape Black chalk, grey wash. Framing line in pen and brown ink, 7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

A House on a Hillside in a Southern Landscape Black chalk, grey wash. Framing line in pen and brown ink, 7 5/8 x 12 3/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mountainous landscape, 17th centuryontent Library of Leiden University, Belgium

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