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Hendrick Avercamp

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, january 27

Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch Painter, January 27, 1585 - May 15, 1634

Hendrick Avercamp

Summer, between 1615 and 1634 Oil on copper, 8 x 12.7 in // National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo

Figures Skating in a Dutch Landscape, c 1625 Oil on panel, 12 x 17.9 in // Private collection

Scene on the Ice, c 1620 Oil on panel, 26.5 × 45.2 in National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Boy Seated on a Hill, Looking Into the Distance, Unknown date Drawing

Fishermen Near a Hole in the Ice, Unknown date Drawing

Hendrick Avercamp, A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Colf, about 1615 - 1620 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache, 3.70 x 6.14 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

A Winter Scene with Two Gentlemen Playing Colf, about 1615 - 1620 Pencil, pen and ink, and gouache, 3.70 x 6.14 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Hendrick Avercamp, Nine Peasants around a Wheelbarrow, Unknown date Brown pen and watercolor on paper, 4.1 x 6.7 in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Nine Peasants around a Wheelbarrow, Unknown date Brown pen and watercolor on paper, 4.1 x 6.7 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Hendrick Avercamp, River Landscape, first half of 17th century Pen and watercolor on paper, 7.24 x 11.18 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

River Landscape, first half of 17th century Pen and watercolor on paper, 7.24 x 11.18 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Hendrick Avercamp, Two figures on a Sleigh with a Servant, about 1626 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and translucent watercolor, over black chalk Private collection

Two figures on a Sleigh with a Servant, about 1626 Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, and translucent watercolor, over black chalk Private collection

Skaters on the Ice at Ijsselmuiden, 1613 Oil, 18.5 x 28.7 in // Museum of Art and History Geneva

Winter Landscape on a Frozen Canal, about 1620 Oil on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Winter Landscape with Skaters near a Windmill Oil on copper Kunsthaus Zürich

Govert Flinck

On January 4, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, july 25

Govert Flinck, Dutch painter, January 25, 1615 – February 2, 1660

Self Portrait with Beret, 1640 Oil on panel, 25.9 x 20.2 in // Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow

Isaac Blessing Jacob, 1638 Oil on canvas, 46 x 55.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Man From the Munter Family, 1658 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 36.2 in // Schorr Collection, UK

Portrait of Susanna van Baerle, 1655 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 40.9 in // Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Rembrandt as Shepherd with Staff and Flute, 1636 Oil on canvas, 29.3 x 25.1 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Landscape with an Obelisk, 1638 Oil on panel, 21.4 x 27.9 in // (Stolen from) Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

The Company of Captain Albert Bas and Lieutenant Lucas Conijn, 1645 Oil on canvas, 11.1 ft x 96 in // Amsterdam Museum

Angels Announcing Christ's Birth to the Shepherds, 1639 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 77.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of Cornelis Bicker, 1654 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 24 in // Amsterdam Museum

Portrait of an Old Man, c 1632 Oil on panel, 24.3 x 18.6 in // Private collection

Four Governors of the Arquebusiers' Civic Guard, Amsterdam, 1642 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 109.4 in // Amsterdam Museum

Portrait of a 44-Year-Old Man, 1637 Oil on panel, 29.5 x 23.6 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Alessandro Turchi

On January 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Alessandro Turchi, Italian painter, 1578 – January 22, 1649

Diana and Actaeon, 1600 Oil on canvas Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France

David with the Head of Goliath,c 1620s Oil on canvass, 49 x 37.5 in // Private collection

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, between 1600 and 1649 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 57.9 in // Private collection

Erminia Finds the Wounded Tancred, c 1630 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 91.9 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Turchi, Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1617 Oil on slate, 16.5 x 20.8 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Death of Cleopatra, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 105.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of a Young Woman, c 1620 Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 16.1 in // Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Allegory of Hope, c 1625 Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy

Bacchus and Ariadne, between c 1630 and c 1632 Oil on canvas, 45 x 58 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Abduction of Helen Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

A Young General (Alexander the Great?) Showing Clemency to Two Prisoners Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

Guido Cagnacci

On January 1, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian, january 19

Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter, January 19, 1601 - 1663

David with the Head of Goliath, c 1645 - 1650 Oil on canvas, 42.63 x 34.01 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Death of Cleopatra, after 1659 Oil on canvas, 60.2 × 66.3 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Repentant Magdalene, c 1660 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 104.7 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Mary Magdalene Taken to Heaven Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 54.5 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

Glory of Saint Mercuriale, 1642-1643 Unknown technique, unknown dimensions Pinacoteca Civica dei Musei Comunali di Forlì, Italy

Saint Jerome, after 1659 Oil on canvas, 63 x 43.5 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Mary Magdalene, Fainted, 1663 Oil on canvas, 33.8 x 28.3 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Allegory of Human Life, 17th century Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 34 in // Private collection

Mary Magdalene in Repentance, after 1659 Oil on copper with tin coating, 17.1 x 20.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Reclining Male Nude, from 1630 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 31.8 in // Private collection

Rape of Europa, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 37 in // Molinari Pradelli Collection, Bologna

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Elisabetta Sirani

On December 24, 2025 - 17th Century, Italian, january 8

Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter, January 8, 1638 – August 25, 1665

Self-Portrait, 1658 Oil on canvas Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, second half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 72 in // Peoria Riverfront Museum

Portia Wounding Her Thigh, 1664 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 54.3 in // Private collection

Allegory of Music, c 1650

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, between 1638 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 36.1 in // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Madonna and Child, 17th century Drawing

Justice, Charity and Prudence, 1664

St Joseph with the Infant Jesus, c 1662

Baptism of Christ, 1658 Oil on canvas, 177 x 137 in // Church of San Girolamo della Certosa, Bologna

Finding of Moses, before 1665 Oil on canvas, 44.2 x 51.1 in // Private collection

Portrait of Vincenzo Ferdinando Ranuzzi as Amor, 1663 Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 23.2 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great, 1659 Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 68.7 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Abraham Bloemaert

On December 15, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, december 25, Dutch

Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch painter and printmaker, December 25, 1564 - January 27, 1651

Apollo and Diana Punishing Niobe by Killing her Children, 1591 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 98.2 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Flute Player, 1621 Oil on canvas, 27.16 x 22.79 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht

The Feast of the Gods at the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, 1638 Oil on canvas, 76.2 x 64.7 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Joseph and his Brothers, 1595 - 1600 Oil on canvas, 5.56 x 8.30 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht

Abraham Bloemaert, Study of a Female Figure, Three-Quarter Length, between 1586 and 1651 Red chalk, heightened with white, 8.1 x 6.8 in Private collection

Study of a Female Figure, Three-Quarter Length, between 1586 and 1651 Red chalk, heightened with white, 8.1 x 6.8 in // Private collection

Abraham Bloemaert, Warrior and Young Standard-Bearer, first half of 17th century Pen with brown ink and brown wash on paper, 10.62 x 6.73 in Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Warrior and Young Standard-Bearer, first half of 17th century Pen with brown ink and brown wash on paper, 10.62 x 6.73 in // Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

The Adoration of the Magi, 1624 Drawing, 1.11 in x 1.41 in // Centraal Museum, Utrecht

The Gateway to a Town, 1625/1635 Pen and brown ink heightened with watercolor on laid paper, 12 x 8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Juno, circa 1610 Etching, 5.6 x 4.4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Holy Family Chiaroscuro woodcut print, 3.5 x 2.9 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Abraham Bloemaert, Saint Euphrolyna, from the series Female Hermits, between 1600 and 1633 Engraving, 5 11/16 x 3 5/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Euphrolyna, from the series Female Hermits, between 1600 and 1633 Engraving, 5 11/16 x 3 5/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Raising of Lazarus, c 1600 Engraving, 14.3 x 18.9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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

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