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Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

On May 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, may 1

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Dutch artist, May 1, 1566 - June 27, 1641

Willem Jacobsz Delff, after Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Michiel Jansz. Mierevelt, 1610 and 1625

Engraving, 10.3 x 7.7 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Philip William, Prince of Orange, 1608

Oil on canvas, 48.1 x 42.6 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, 1609

Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 34.4 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Lady in a Black Dress and White Lace Collar, 1612

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 24.6 in //

Private collection

Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate, 1613

Oil on copper, 10.9 x 9 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of a lady of the van Beijeren van Schagen Family, 1620

Oil on canvas, 24.8 x 20 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine, c 1623

Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 23.5 in //

National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau, Prince of Orange-Nassau, 1620- 1624

Oil on panel, 43.9 x 33.4 in //

Prinsenhof, Delft

Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1625 - 1626

Oil on panel, 2.7 x 2.2 in //

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Self-Portrait Painting His Grandson, 1640 - 1641

Oil on panel, 34.2 x 26.1 in //

Prinsenhof, Delft

Portrait of an Unknown Man

The Georgium, Dessau, Germany

Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Collar and Pearls, before 1641

Oil on panel, 27.5 x 22.7 in //

Private collection

Portrait of Louise de Coligny

Oil on copper, 11 x 9 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Adriaen Coorte

On April 29, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Dutch

Adriaen Coorte, Dutch painter, c 1665 – after 1707

Still Life with Herring, Bread, and Glass of Beer, 1697

Oil on canvas, 14.4 × 16.8 in //

Private collection

Pelican and Ducks in a Mountain Landscape, 1683

Oil on canvas, 15.3 x 18.8 in //

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Shells, 1698

Oil on panel, 6.6 x 8.8 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Still Life with Asparagus, 1697

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 9.8 x 8 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Still Life with Hazel-nuts, 1696

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 6.2 x 7.8 in //

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Still Life with Wild Strawberries, 1705

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 6.4 x 5.5 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Still Life With Three Peaches on a Stone Ledge and a Butterfly, 1693 - 1695

Oil on paper mounted on board, 12.3 x 9.1 in //

Private collection

Two Peaches, 1696

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 10.9 x 8.9 in //

Private collection

Vanitas Still Life in a Niche, 1688

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 30.5 in //

Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg, The Netherlands

Vanitas Still Life, 1686

Oil on canvas, 19.7 x 16.2 in //

Private collection

Still Life With Asparagus, a Spray of Gooseberries and a Bowl of Strawberries, 1698

Oil painting, 14.5 x 17.3 in //

Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands

Still Life with Shells, 1697

Oil on paper mounted on panel, 6.7 x 8.7 in //

Private collection

Cornelis Dusart

On April 23, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, april 24, Dutch

Cornelis Dusart, Dutch artist, April 24, 1660 – October 1, 1704

The Ox Dealer With Wheelbarrows and Trough, unknown date

Ink on paper, 7.8 x 5.9 in //

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Tattered Farmer at a Window, the Jug in His Hand, unknown date

Chalk on paper, 5.1 x 4.4 in //

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Farmer on a Chair, Turned to the Left, 1687

Chalk on paper, 10.6 x 7.6 in //

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Farmer With a Glass Between Two Women, One With a Child, the Other With a Basket, Unknown date

Ink on paper, 7 x 5.4 in //

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Farmers' Fair, 1680 - 1704

Oil on panel, 14.3 x 12.7 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Caricature of a Jesuit Monk, unknown date

Leiden University Library, The Netherlands

Caricature of a Priest, unknown date

Leiden University Library, The Netherlands

Peasant Smoking, 1689

Pen and black ink and watercolor on laid paper, 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Head of an Old Man, 1675 – 1704

Red, white, and black chalk on paper, 4.6 x 4.4 in //

Amsterdam Museum

Mother with Her Children, 1690

Oil on panel, 12.5 x 9.8 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Sitting Woman With a Glass and a Jug, unknown date

Leiden University Library, The Netherlands

Study of a Seated Peasant, unknown date

Black and red chalk on beige paper, 10 1/2 x 7 11/16 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn

On April 17, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Anthonisz van Ravesteyn, Dutch painter, c 1572 – buried June 21, 1657

Self-Portrait of the Painter, 1618

Hugo Grotius at the Age of Sixteen, 1599

Oil on panel, 12 x 12 in //

Fondation Custodia, Paris

Portrait of a Woman, 1620

Oil on canvas, 52.9 x 41.1 in //

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Crucifixion With Praying Donors, 1618

Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Reception of the Officers of the Saint Sebastian Civic Guard by the Magistrate of The Hague, 1618

The Hague Historical Museum

Portrait of a Jan Doublet, lord of Sint Annaland, 1634

Oil on panel, 26.4 x 22.5 in //

Rijksmuseum

An Unknown Officer, 1634

Oil on panel, 49.2 x 35.2 in //

Private collection

City Council of The Hague, 1636

Oil paint, 102.3 x 12.1 ft //

The Hague Historical Museum

Portrait of Pieter van Veen with his Son and Secretary, 1620 - 25,

Oil on panel, 49.6 x 45.3 in //

Art and History Museum, Geneva

Portrait of Justinus of Nassau, c 1609 - 1633

Oil on panel, 11.5 x 9.4 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, c 1609 - 1633

Oil on panel, 11.8 x 9.4 in

Rijksmuseum

Portrait of a Lady, 1635?

Oil on panel, 27.6 x 24 in //

Unknown location

Gerrit Dou

On April 6, 2026 - 17th Century, april 7, Dutch

Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter, April 7, 1613 – February 9, 1675

Self Portrait, 1635

Oil on panel, 7.1 x 5.4 in //

The Wilson, Cheltenham, UK

Scholar Sharpening His Quill, c 1632 - 1635

Oil on panel, 10 x 8 in //

Leiden Collection, The Netherlands

Still Life with a Boy Blowing Soap-bubbles, c 1635 - 36

Oil on panel, 18.9 x 15.6 in //

National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

The Artist's Mother, c 1643 - 1648

Oil on oak panel, 9.2 x 7.7 in //

York Art Gallery, UK

Astronomer by Candlelight, late 1650s

Oil on panel, 12.6 x 8.3 in //

Getty Center, Los Angeles

A Sleeping Dog, 1650

Oil on panel, 6.4 x 8.5 in //

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

The Physician, 1653

Oil on oak panel, 19.4 x 14.4 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Young Mother, 1658

Oil on panel, 29 x 21.8 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Young Woman in a Black Veil, c 1660

Oil on canvas, 5.7 x 4.6 in //

National Gallery, London

Herring Seller and Boy, 1664

Oil on panel, 17.1 x 13.5 in //

Leiden Collection, The Netherlands

A Hermit, 1664

Oil on panel, 13.1 x 10.8 in //

Amsterdam Museum

A Woman playing a Clavichord, c 1665

Oil on panel, 14.8 x 11.7 in //

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

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

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