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Sir Peter Lely

On March 26, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, september 14

Sir Peter Lely, Dutch painter, September 14, 1618 – November 30, 1680

Self-portrait, between circa 1655 and circa 1680 Black and coloured chalks heightened with white, 15.1 in x 12.2 in Unknown Location

Portrait of Nell Gwyn in the image of Venus, 1668 Oil on canvas, Size: 49 ×62 in

Catherine of Braganza, from 1663 until 1665 Oil on canvas, 49.3 in x 40.4 in / Royal Collection, Holyrood Palace, Scotland

Nymphs by a Fountain, early 1650s Oil on canvas, 50.59 x 56.92 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Sir Peter Lely, Portrait of a Man, Thought to Be George Booth, Lord Delamere, circa 1660 Oil on canvas, 3.59 x 3 in Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Portrait of a Man, Thought to Be George Booth, Lord Delamere, circa 1660 Oil on canvas, 3.59 x 3 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Two ladies from the Lake family, circa 1650 Oil on canvas, 50.3 x 72.4 in // Tate Britain, London

El Greco

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Greek, Spanish

El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Greek painter, October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614

Self-Portrait, 1595-1600 Oil on canvas, 21 x 18 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

St. Peter in Penitence, c.1585 Oil on canvas. 43 x 35 in Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, c.1610 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 32.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, between c 1576 and c 1577 Oil on canvas, 61.6 in x 47.6 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Adoration of the Name of Jesus, between 1577 and 1580 Oil on canvas, 55.1 in x 43.3 in // Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page, between 1585 and 1590 Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 37.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Disrobing of Christ, circa 1600 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 62.9 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara, circa 1600 Oil on canvas, 67.2 x 42.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, before 1570 Oil on panel, 25 3/4 x 32 3/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

El Greco, The Holy Trinity, Part of Altarpiece of the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo El Antiguo, between circa 1577 and circa 1579 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 70.4 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Holy Trinity, Part of Altarpiece of the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo El Antiguo, between circa 1577 and circa 1579 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 70.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

El Greco, Portrait of the Artist's Son Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos, between circa 1600 and circa 1605 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 20.2 in Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

Portrait of the Artist's Son Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos, between circa 1600 and circa 1605 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 20.2 in // Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

Christ Healing the Blind, c 1570 Oil on canvas, 47 x 57 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, 1609 Oil on canvas, 44.13 x 33.89 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Saint Jerome, 1610 Oil on canvas Hispanic Society of America

El Greco, St Francis's Vision of the Flaming Torch, between 1600 and 1605 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 58.2 in Antiguo Hospital de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cádiz, Spain

St Francis's Vision of the Flaming Torch, between 1600 and 1605 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 58.2 in // Antiguo Hospital de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cádiz, Spain

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest, circa 1580 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.9 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Assumption of the Virgin, from 1577 until 1579 Oil on canvas, 13.22 ft x 83.38 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Disrobing of Christ, 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 112 × 68 in // Sacristy of the Cathedral, Toledo

Christ Carrying the Cross, 1580s Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 31.1 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Juan Carreño de Miranda

On March 25, 2025 - 17th Century, march 25, Spanish

Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter, 25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685

Self-Portrait, about 1680

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, Dressed, ca. 1680 Oil on canvas, 65 x 42 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, Naked, ca. 1680 Oil on canvas, 65 x 42.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Mary Magdalene in Penitence, 1654 Oil on canvas, 86.6 in x 70.8 in Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Jacques Callot

On March 25, 2025 - 17th Century, French, march 25

Jacques Callot, French printmaker and draftsman, March 25, 1592-1635

Portrait of Jacques Callot, 1630 Engraving by Lucas Vorsterman the Elder after Anthony van Dyke

Dwarf with Contorted Legs, 1620 Etching Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Entry of Monsieurs de Vroncourt, Tyllon, and Marimont, 1627 Etching,8 x 11 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The miseries of war; No. 11, The Hanging, between 1632 and 1633 Etching print on paper, 3.1 in x 7.3 in Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

The Stag Hunt, 1619

Etching on laid paper, 18.4 x 7.9 in //

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Hunchbacked Figures: Frontispiece, 1616

Etching

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Hunchbacked Figures: Crippled Dwarf with Hood, 1616

Etching

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Hunchbacked Figures: Dwarf With the Big Belly, 1616

Etching

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Hunchbacked Figures: A Hunchbacked Dwarf, 1616

Etching

Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Invasion of the Island of Ré, 1630

Engraving

Cognacq-Jay Museum, Paris

The Sword Duel

Engraving

Gallica Digital Library, National Library of France

Galleys of the Order of St. Stephen Assault and Defeat the Barbary Pirates, 17th century

Etching

City Museum, Livorno

The Marriage of Ferdinand de' Medici and Christine of Lorraine, c 1614

Pencil, 8.8 × 11.8 in //

The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Breaking on the Wheel (detail)

Rijksmuseum

The Annunciation

Engraving, 5.7 x 8 in //

Wellcome Collection

Peter Paul Rubens

On March 24, 2025 - 17th Century, Flemish, june 28

Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish artist, June 28, 1577 – May 30, 1640

Portrait of the Artist, 1623 Oil on panel, 33.7 in x 24.4 in Royal Collection, UK

The Last Communion of St Francis, 1619 Oil on panel, 3.8 ft x 88.9 in Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Belgium

The four evangelists, 1614 Oil on canvas, 88.1 in x 106.2 in // Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Potsdam, Germany

The Adoration of the Shepherds, circa 1609 Oil on canvas, 13.1 ft x 9.6 ft // St. Paul's Church, Antwerp

Ox, c.1618 - c.1620 Black and red chalk, 11 x 17.3 in // Albertina, Vienna

Peter Paul Rubens, Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France, between 1622 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 47.2 in x 38.1 in Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Anne of Austria (1601-1666), Queen of France, between 1622 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 47.2 in x 38.1 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Heraclitus and Democritus, 1603 Oil on canvas, 37.4 in x 49.2 in // National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid, Spain

Peter Paul Rubens, Saint Ives of Treguier, Patron of Lawyers, Defender of Widows and Orphans, between 1615 and 1616 Oil on canvas, 113 × 87 in Detroit Institute of Art

Saint Ives of Treguier, Patron of Lawyers, Defender of Widows and Orphans, between 1615 and 1616 Oil on canvas, 113 × 87 in // Detroit Institute of Art

Hygeia, Goddess of Health, 1615 Oil on canvas, 41.8 in x 29.2 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of Philippe Rubens, the Artist's Brother, 1610/1611 Oil on oak wood, 26.9 in x 21 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Flagellation of Christ, Date, ca.1614 Oil on panel, 14.7 x 13.8 in // Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, Belgium

Assumption of Mary, circa 1616 Oil on canvas, 16.4 ft x 11.1 ft // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Coronation of the Virgin, circa 1625 Oil on canvas, 13.6 ft x 101.1 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Adoration of the Magi, circa 1619 Oil on canvas, 12.5 ft x 110.2 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Road to Calvary, between 1634 and 1637 / 1637 Oil on canvas, 18.6 ft x 11.6 ft // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula and her Friends, circa 1620 Oil on panel, 19.2 x 15.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Triumph of the Faith - modello, 17th century Oil on panel, 25 x 35.2 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Fall of the Titans, circa 1637-1638 Oil on panel, 10.5 x 16.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Rape of Hippodamia, circa 1637-1638 Oil on panel, 10.2 x 15.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Jason and the Golden Fleece, between 1636 and 1637 Oil on panel, 10.4 x 11.1 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, 1618-19 Black chalk, pen and oil on paper, 21.6 x 33.4 in // National Gallery, London

The Judgement of Paris, probably between 1597 and 1599 Oil on canvas, 57 x 76.2 in // National Gallery, London

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

On March 23, 2025 - 17th Century, december 31, Spanish

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, December 31, 1618 – March 28, 1682

Self-portrait, between 1668 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 48 x 42 in National Gallery, London

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX, circa 1645—1646 Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 73 1/4 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX, circa 1645—1646 Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 73 1/4 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables, c. 1678 Oil on canvas, 108 in × 75 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Bartolomé Murillo, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667 - 1670 Oil on canvas, 236 x 262 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667 - 1670 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 103.1 in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

The Marriage Feast at Cana, c 1672 Oil on canvas, 70.4 x 92.5 in // Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK

The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial, between 1660 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 56.6 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Apparition of the Virgin to San Ildefonso, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 101.9 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Isidor of Sevilla, 1655 Oil on canvas, 64.9 x 75.9 in // Seville Cathedral

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Abraham Receiving the Three Angels, between c 1670 and c 1674 Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 102.9 in National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Abraham Receiving the Three Angels, between c 1670 and c 1674 Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 102.9 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, between 1640 and 1645 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 100 in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, between 1640 and 1645 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 100 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

Saint Peter in Tears, between 1650 and 1655 Oil on canvas, 58.2 x 40.9 in // Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Liberation of St Peter, between 1665 and 1667 Oil on canvas, 93.7 x 102.4 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Conversion of St. Paul, between c 1675 and c 1682 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 66.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Martyrdom of St Andrew, between 1675 and 1682 Oil on canvas, 48.4 x 63.7 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Mary Magdalene, c 1650-1655 Oil on canvas San Diego Museum of Art

Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross, c 1668-1669 Oil on canvas, 109 x 71.2 in // Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

Anthony van Dyck

On March 22, 2025 - 17th Century, Flemish, march 22, pantheon

Sir Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter, 22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641

Self-portrait with a sunflower, after 1633 Oil on canvas, 22.9 in x 28.7 in Private collection

Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of a woman, possibly Luigia Cattaneo Gentile, circa 1622 Oil on canvas, 57.8 in x 44 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Portrait of a woman, possibly Luigia Cattaneo Gentile, circa 1622 Oil on canvas, 57.8 in x 44 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Samson and Delilah, 1628 - 1630 Oil on canvas, 57.48 in x 100 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Maria Louis de Tassis (1611-1638), daughter of canon Antoine de Cassis, circa 1629 - 1630 Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 36.6 in Liechtenstein Museum, Vaduz

Portrait of Maria Louis de Tassis (1611-1638), daughter of canon Antoine de Cassis, circa 1629 - 1630 Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 36.6 in Liechtenstein Museum, Vaduz

Jupiter, Disguised as a Satyr, Approaches the Sleeping Antiope, circa 1620 Oil on canvas, 59 in x 81.1 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent

Portrait of Jean-Charles de la Faille, 17th century Oil on canvas, 51.4 in x 46.6 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of an Elderly Man, c. 1618 Oil on canvas, 46 x 39.6 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of an unknown woman, 17th century Oil on canvas, 46 in x 39.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Sir Anthony van Dyck, Portrait of Porzia Imperiale and Her Daughter, circa 1628 Oil on canvas, 72.6 in x 52.7 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of Porzia Imperiale and Her Daughter, circa 1628 Oil on canvas, 72.6 in x 52.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Venus and Cupid, 1621-1624 Oil on canvas, 74.8×51.1 in Private Collection

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, 1621 Oil on canvas, 80.3 in x 46 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Sir Anthony van Dyck, The Madonna and Child with the Three Penitent Sinners Mary Magdalene, King David and the Prodigal Son, c 1627-1632 Oil on canvas, 46 x 61.8 in Louvre Museum, Paris

The Madonna and Child with the Three Penitent Sinners Mary Magdalene, King David and the Prodigal Son, c 1627-1632 Oil on canvas, 46 x 61.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of Cornelis van der Geest, circa 1620 Oil on oak wood, 14.7 x 12.7 in // National Gallery, London

Madonna with Two Donors, circa 1630 Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 75.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Brazen Serpent, 1618 - 1620

Oil on canvas, 80.7 x 92.5 in //

Prado, Madrid

Christ Carrying the Cross, 17th century

Oil on wood, 26.1 x 20.4 in //

Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Entry of Christ into Jerusalem, 1617

Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 90.2 in //

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Saint Peter, 1620 - 1641

Oil on panel, 24.8 x 20.3 in //

Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Taking of Christ, 1617 - 1620

Oil on canvas, 11.2 ft x 98 in //

Prado, Madrid

Daedalus and Icarus, 1615 - 1625

Oil on canvas, 45.4 x 34 in //

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Drunken Silenus Supported by Satyrs, c 1620

Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 76.7 in //

National Gallery, London

Vertumnus and Pomona, c 1625

Oil on canvas, 55.9 x 77.6 in //

Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Venus Receiving the Arms of Aeneas From Vulcan, c 1630 - 1632

Oil on canvas, 44 x 55.9 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Cupid and Psyche, 1639 – 40

Oil on canvas, 77.9 × 74.8 in //

Royal Collection, UK

Rinaldo and Armida, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 92.6 x 90 in //

Baltimore Museum of Art

Dirck Hals

On March 20, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, march 19

Dirck Hals, Dutch painter, March 19, 1591 – May 17, 1656

Galante Scene, 17th century Oil on oak wood, 15.7 in x 21.8 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Carcassonne, France

A Fiddler, c. 1630 Oil on panel, 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 in) Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Woman Tearing a Letter, 1631 Oil on panel, 45 x 55 cm. Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum, Mainz, Germany

Merry Company, 1635

Oil on panel, 11.8 x 20.1 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Fête Champêtre, 1627

Oil on panel, 30.5 x 53.4 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Gentlemen Smoking and Playing Backgammon in a Tavern, 1627

Oil on canvas

The Painter's Rest, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 13.5 x 10.7 in //

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

The Solo, c 1633

Oil on wood, 15.6 x 11.8 in //

Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna

Children Playing Cards, 1631

Oil on panel, 13 x 11 in //

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

Children with a Cat, 1631

Oil on panel, 13 x 11 in //

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown

Musicians, 1623

Oil on wood, 16.9 x 18.5 in //

State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Interior with Figures

Oil on panel, 14.2 x 18.9 in //

Private collection

A Merry Company Making Music, 1623

Oil on oak panel, 9.1 x 12.2 in //

Private collection

Alonso Cano

On March 19, 2025 - 17th Century, march 19, Spanish

Alonso Cano Almansa or Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor, 19 March 1601 – 3 September 1667

Alonso Cano, 1798

Ideal Portrait of a King of Spain, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 64.9 in x 49.2 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

John the Baptist, 1634 Polychrome wood, 47 in × 31 in × 35 in National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid, Spain

The Vision of St John the Evangelist, circa 1638 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 17.3 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Saint John the Evangelist and the Poisoned Cup, 1636 - 1638

Oil on canvas, 21 x 13.9 in //

Louvre Museum, Paris

Christ and the Samaritan, 17th century

Oil on canvas, 65.3 x 80.7 in //

Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Christ Collecting His Clothes, c 1646

Oil on canvas, 64.1 x 37.7 in //

Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Crucifixion, c 1646

Oil on canvas, 98.8 x 59 in //

Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Saint Bernard and the Virgin, c 1645 - 1652

Oil on canvas, 105.1 x 72.8 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching, 1644 - 1645

Oil on canvas, 84.3 x 64.6 in //

Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid

Two Kings of Spain, c 1641

Oil on canvas, 64.9 x 89.3 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Christ's Descent Christ into Limbo, c 1655

Oil on canvas, 66 x 47 1/2 in //

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Saint Jerome in Penitence, c 1660

Oil on canvas, 69.6 x 82.2 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Female Nude, 1645 - 1650

Drawing, 6.41 x 6.22 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Assumption of the Virgin, c 1662

Drawing, 8.3 x 4.7 in //

Private collection

St. Vincent Ferrer Preaching, 1665

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on buff paper, 5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Adam Eilsheimer

On March 18, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, German, march 18

Adam Elsheimer, German artist, March 18, 1578 – December 11, 1610

Self-portrait, between 1606 and 1607 Oil on canvas, 25.1 in x 18.8 in Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Jupiter and Mercury at Philemon and Baucis, between 1609 and 1610 Oil on copper, 6.4 in x 8.8 in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Tobias and the Angel, between circa 1607 and circa 1608 Oil on copper, 4.8 in x 7.5 in Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Aurora, circa 1606 Oil on copper, 6.6 in x 8.8 in // Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Brunswick, Germany

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