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Hendrick Goltzius

On July 15, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch

Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch artist, February 1558 - January 1, 1617

Hendrik Goltzius, Self-Portrait, c. 1593-1594 Black and colored chalk, pen and gray ink, watercolors, heightened with white, 16.9 x 12.7 in Albertina, Vienna

Self-Portrait, c. 1593-1594 Black and colored chalk, pen and gray ink, watercolors, heightened with white, 16.9 x 12.7 in // Albertina, Vienna

Goltzius's Right Hand, 1588 Pen and brown ink, 9 x 12 5/8 in // Teylers Museum, Haarlem

Divine Mother of God, and of All Things, 1589 Pen and black ink on laid paper

Lot and his Daughters, 1616 Oil on canvas, 55.1 x 80.3 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Fall of Man, 1616 Oil on canvas, 41.1 x 54.4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Hendrik Goltzius, Portrait of the Harlem Shell Collector, Jan Govertsz. van der Aer, 1603 Oil on canvas, 42.3 x 32.5 in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Portrait of the Harlem Shell Collector, Jan Govertsz. van der Aer, 1603 Oil on canvas, 42.3 x 32.5 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Hercules Killing Cacus, 1588 Woodcut Honolulu Museum of Art

Farnese Hercules, 1592 Copper engraving, 16.4 x 11.8 in // Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany

An Allegorical Representation of Work and Diligence, 1582 Ghent University Library

Francisco de Zurbarán

On July 12, 2025 - 17th Century, november 7, Spanish

Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter, November 7, 1598 - August 27, 1664

Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Luke as a Painter Before Christ on the Cross, Probable Self-Portrait, c. 1635-1640 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 48 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Luke as a Painter Before Christ on the Cross, Probable Self-Portrait, c. 1635-1640 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 48 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Francisco Zumel, 1633 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 48 in // Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion, 1628 Oil on canvas, 47.2 × 40.5 in // Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Hercules Fighting with the Lernaean Hydra , 1634 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 65.7 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Saint Francis in Meditation, between 1635 and 1639 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 38.9 in // National Gallery, London

Still-life with Lemons, Oranges and Rose, 1633 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 42.1 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Agnus Dei, between 1635 and 1640 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 14.6 x 24.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Domenichino

On July 9, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, october 21

Domenichino, Italian painter, October 21, 1581 - April 15, 1641

Saint Agnes, circa 1620 Oil on canvas, 83.7 x 60 in // Royal Collection, Windsor Castle

Apparition of the Virgin and Child and San Gennaro at the Miraculous Oil Lamp, 1637–38 Oil on canvas Cathedral of Naples

The Way to Calvary, about 1610 Oil on copper, 21.14 x 26.61 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Pieter de Hooch

On June 29, 2025 - 17th Century, december 20, Dutch

Pieter Claesz

On June 22, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch

Theodoor van Loon

On June 21, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, American, Flemish

Aert de Gelder

On June 17, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, october 26

Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter, October 26, 1645 – August 27, 1727

Aert de Gelder - Self-Portrait

King David, circa 1683 Oil on canvas, 43.1 x 45 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels, 1680s Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 68.5 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Simeon’s Song of Praise, between circa 1700 and circa 1710 Oil on canvas, 37.2 x 42.3 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of a Young Woman, between 1680 and 1690 Oil on canvas, 26.3 x 20.9 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David, 1680s Oil on canvas, 36.1 x 52.1 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Lot and One of his Daughters Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 35.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Nicolaes Maes

On June 17, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch

Nicolaes Maes, Dutch painter, 1634-1693

Nicolaes Maes, Self-Portrait, 1685

Old Woman Sleeping with a Book in her Lap, circa 1656 Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 41.3 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Nicolaes Maes, Portrait of Catharina Pottey, Sister of Willem and Sara Pottey Oil on canvas Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Catharina Pottey, Sister of Willem and Sara Pottey Oil on canvas, 24 x 19.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Jan de Bray

On June 15, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch

Jan de Bray, Dutch painter, c. 1627 – April 4, 1697

De Bray and his Wife Represented as Ulysses and Penelope, 1668 Oil on canvas, 43.2 x 65 in // Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

Portrait of a Woman from the Bor Family, 17th century Oil on panel, 21.2 x 17 in // Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Portrait of Gilbert de Flines, 1658 Oil on wood, 26.4 x 21.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The de Bray Family/The Banquet of Antony and Cleopatra, 1669 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 70.8 in // Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire

Adoration of the Magi, 1658 Oil on oak panel, 28 x 21.7 in // Private collection

David Playing the Harp, 1670 Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 60.6 in // Private collection

The Regents of the Children's Orphanage in Haarlem, 1663 Oil on canvas, 74 x 98 in // Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem

Jan de Bray, Pharaoh's Daughter with Her Attendants and Moses in the Reed Basket, 1661 Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 64.6 in Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Pharaoh's Daughter with Her Attendants and Moses in the Reed Basket, 1661 Oil on canvas, 47.6 x 64.6 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Tending Children at the Orphanage in Haarlem, 1663 Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 60.6 in // Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem

The Discovery of Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes, 1664 Oil on canvas, 50.8 x 70.5 in // Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw

The Governors of the Guild of St Luke, Haarlem, 1675 Oil on canvas, 51.2 x 72.4 in // Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem

Portrait of the Artist's Parents, c. 1660 Oil on panel, 31.5 x 25.6 in // Private collection

Jan Janssens

On June 15, 2025 - 17th Century, Flemish

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