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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

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

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

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

Adam Pynacker

On September 14, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch

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

Gillis van Coninxloo

On September 6, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, january 24

Gillis van Coninxloo, Flemish painter, January 24, 1544 - January 1607

Portrait of Gillis van Coninxloo by Andries Jacobsz Stock, published by Hendrik Hondius I in 1610

Forest Landscape, 1598 Oil on panel, 16.5 x 24 in // Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

Landscape Oil on copper, 9.4 x 7.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Landscape with Leto and Peasants of Lykia Oil on canvas, 56.5 x 80.3 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Gillis van Coninxloo, Mountain Landscape with River Valley and the Prophet Hosea Watercolour on parchment, 7.7 x 11.3 in Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Mountain Landscape with River Valley and the Prophet Hosea Watercolour on parchment, 7.7 x 11.3 in // Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Landscape with Venus and Adonis, 1580s Oil on canvas, 14.8 x 21.1 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Woodland with Saint Jerome, between 1560 and 1607 Oil on panel, 19.6 x 32.9 in // Museum of Fine Arts Ghent

Wooded Landscape, circa 1600 Oil on panel, 22 x 33.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Gillis van Coninxloo with Karel van Mander the Elder, Landscape with the Judgment of Paris, End of the 16th century - early 17th century) Oil on panel, 50 x 72.83 in National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

with Karel van Mander the Elder, Landscape with the Judgment of Paris, End of the 16th century - early 17th century Oil on panel, 50 x 72.83 in // National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Paulus Potter

On August 3, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, november 20

Paulus Potter, Dutch artist, November 20, 1625 - buried on January 17,1654

Portrait of Paulus Potter, 1654 Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 31.4 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Punishment of a Hunter, circa 1647 Oil on panel, 33.2 x 47.2 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Piebald Horse, c 1650–1654 Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 × 17 3/4 in // J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Wolf-Hound, between 1650 and 1652 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 51.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Bull, 1647 Oil on canvas, 92.7 in x 11.1 ft // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Two Pigs in a Sty, 1649 Oil on canvas, 12.75 x 17.75 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Diederik Tulp, 1653 Oil on canvas Collection Six, Amsterdam

Landscape with Shepherdess and Shepherd Playing Flute, c. 1643 Oil on panel, 26.4 x 45.3 in // Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

A Husbandman with His Herd, 1648 Oil on oak, 19.7 x 29.5 in // Staatliche Museen, Kassel

Driving the Cattle to Pasture in the Morning, 1647 Oil on oak, 15.4 x 19.7 in // Residenzgalerie, Salzburg

Cattle and Sheep in a Stormy Landscape, 1647 Oil on panel, 18.9 x 15 in // National Gallery, London

A Herdsman's Hut, 1645 Oil on panel, 9.7 x 12.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Deer in the Wood, 1647 Black chalk, 9.4 x 12.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Horsemen near a Barn, 1646 Black and white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 6.7 x 5.1 in // Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt

Bernardo Cavallino

On July 21, 2025 - 17th Century, Italian

Bernardo Cavallino, Italian painter, 1616–1656

The Spirit of Samuel Invoked by Saul, about 1650 - 1656 Oil on copper, 24.01 x 34.01 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Incredulity of St Thomas, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 18.8 x 14.1 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Saint Lawrence, between 1640 and 1645 Oil on canvas, 25.7 x 21 in // Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid

Adoration of the Magi, 1640 Oil on canvas, 39.96 x 50 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Triumph of Galatea, circa 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Singer, between 1645 and 1650 Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 24.8 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Clavichord Player, first half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 25.5 in // Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 38.25 in // Private collection

Saint Bartholomew, about 1640-1645 Oil on canvas, 69 x 49.2 in // National Gallery, London

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