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Diego Velásquez

On May 21, 2025 - 17th Century, june 6, Spanish

Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter, June 6, 1599–August 6, 1660

Diego Velázquez, Self-Portrait, 18 x 15 in, Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

A Man, circa 1624 to 1626 Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 × 15 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Kitchen Scene Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 × 41 1/8 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Man, c. 1616 Oil on canvas, 15.7 x 14.2 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Old Woman Frying Eggs, 1618 Oil on canvas, 39.8 x 47.2 in // National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Head of a Girl, c. 1618 Chalk drawing, 5.9 x 4.6 in // Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

The Waterseller of Seville, 1623 Oil on canvas, 42 x 31.9 in // Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London

Los Borrachos, The Topers (The Triumph of Bacchus), c. 1629 Oil on canvas, 65 x 88.6 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Infanta Doña María, Queen of Hungary, 1630 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 18.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck

On May 18, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, Dutch painter, between 1600 and 1603 – buried 30 June 1662

Johannes Cornelisz Verspronck, Regentesses of the Grote Hospital, Haarlem, 1641 Oil on canvas, 59.8 in x 82.6 in Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Regentesses of the Grote Hospital, Haarlem, 1641 Oil on canvas, 59.8 in x 82.6 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Andries Stilte as a Standard Bearer, 1640 Oil on canvas, 40.9 x 30.9 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Pieter Jacobsz Schout, Burgomaster of Haarlem, 1641 Oil on canvas, 30.7 x 25.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Young Man, 1634 Oil on panel, 27.5 x 19.6 in // Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, France

Portrait of Maria Strijp, 1652 Oil on panel, 38.1 x 29.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Bride, 1640 Oil on canvas, 31.1 x 30.1 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Portrait of Cornelis Montigny de Glarges, 1643 Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 25.6 in // Private collection

Portrait of Anna van Schoonhoven, 1641 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 26.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

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Salomon de Bray

On May 18, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Salomon de Bray, Dutch painter and architect, 1597 – May 11, 1664

Salomon de Bray and his wife, by their son Jan de Bray, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C

Young Woman in an Imaginary Costume, 1652 Oil on panel, 39.1 in x 32.8 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, 1636 Oil on panel, 35 x 28 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Barebreasted Woman Combing Her Hair, 1635 Oil on panel, 21.2 x 18.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Jael, Deborah and Barak, 1635 Oil on panel, 34.25 x 28.3 in // Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht

The Twins Clara and Aelbert de Bray, c. 1646 Oil on canvas, 32.5 x 25.5 in // National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Joseph Receives His Father and Brothers in Egypt, 1655 Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 34.6 in // Private collection

Salomon de Bray, Eliezer and Rebecca, 1660 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 61.4 in Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai

Eliezer and Rebecca, 1660 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 61.4 in // Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai, France

Book and Picture Shop, 1628 Pen and ink and wash on paper, 3 x 3 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Odysseus and Circe, 1650-55 Oil on canvas, 43 x 36.2 in // Private collection

Study of a Young Woman in Profile, 1636 Oil on panel, 10.5 x 8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Samson with the Jawbone, 1636 Oil on canvas, 24.48 x 20 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Salomon de Bray, Shepherd, 1635, 29.7 x 23.2 in Oil on panel Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Shepherd, 1635 Oil on panel, 29.7 x 23.2 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

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Cornelis van Haarlem

On May 18, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, nbd

Cornelis van Haarlem, Dutch painter, 1562 – November 11, 1638

Self-Portrait, 1588-1590

The Massacre of the Innocents Part of Draper's altar, 1591 Oil on canvas, 105.5 x 101.1 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Netherlands

The Baptism of Christ, second half of 16th century Oil on copper, 17.7 x 12.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Baptism of Christ, 1588 Oil on canvas, 66.9 x 81.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Fall of the Titans, from 1588 until 1590 Oil on canvas, 94.09 x 10.07 ft // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The First Family, 1589 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 56.2 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Quimper, France

The Fall of Ixion (Ovid, Met. 4:461), circa 1588 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 59.8 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

The Massacre of the Innocents, 1590 Oil on canvas, 96.4 x 11.6 ft // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Hercules and Achelous, 1590 Oil on canvas Private collection

A Monk and a Beguine, 1591 Oil on canvas, 45.6 × 40.5 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Christ Holding the Cross and a Chalice, circa 1591 Oil on panel, 53.3 x 41.7 in // National Museum in Warsaw

The Fall of Man, 1592 Oil on canvas, 107.4 x 86.6 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

The Wedding of Peleus and Thetis, circa 1592-1593 Oil on canvas, 96.8 x 13.7 ft // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Portrait of Pieter Jansz. Kies, 1596 Oil on panel, 38.1 x 31.8 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Venus and Adonis, 1614 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 29.2 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France

Cornelis van Haarlem, Banquet of the Officers and Sub-Alterns of the Haarlem Calivermen Civic Guard, 1599 Oil on panel, 66.5 x 87.9 in Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

Banquet of the Officers and Sub-Alterns of the Haarlem Calivermen Civic Guard, 1599 Oil on panel, 66.5 x 87.9 in // Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

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Abraham Janssens

On May 10, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Flemish, nbd

Abraham Janssens, Flemish painter, 1575–1632

Allegory of the Burdens of Time, 1609 Oil on panel, 61.8 in x 91.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Lascivia, c. 1618 Oil on canvas Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Scaldis and Antwerpia, 1609 Oil on panel, 68.5 x 10.1 ft // Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

The Moon: an Allegory of Fickleness, circa 1617 Oil on canvas, 50.1 x 41.4 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

The Sense of Sight, 1630s Oil on canvas, 56 x 36 in // Indianapolis Museum of Art

Venus and Adonis, circa 1620 Oil on canvas, 78.7 x 94.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Four Elements, c 1615 Oil on canvas, 64 7/8 × 78 3/8 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Apotheosis of Aeneas, between c 1620 and c 1630 Oil on panel, 78.8 x 89.9 in // Staatsgalerie Neuburg, Germany

Diana and her Companions, circa 1613 Oil on canvas, 48.2 x 36.8 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Allegory of the Four Elements, 1608 Oil on panel, 65.4 x 78.7 in // Private collection

Allegory of Joy and Melancholy, 1628 Oil on canvas, 47.4 x 38.4 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1600 and 1604 Oil on panel, 37.2 x 47.7 in // Dayton Art Institute

Heraclitus, between c 1601 and c 1602 Oil on panel, 25.2 x 20 in // Private collection

Abraham Janssens, Allegory of the Burdens of Time("The man overwhelmed by time is helped by hope and patience"), 1609 Oil on panel, 61.8 x 91.4 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Allegory of the Burdens of Time("The man overwhelmed by time is helped by hope and patience"), 1609 Oil on panel, 61.8 x 91.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

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Cornelis Schut

On May 10, 2025 - 17th Century, Flemish, may 13

Cornelis Schut, Flemish painter, May 13, 1597 – April 29, 1655)

Cornelis Schut by Anthony van Dyck

Susanna and the Elders, 1650 Oil on canvas, 46.7 in x 42.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Abduction of Europa, 1620 Oil on canvas, 25 x 41 1/2 ins

The Adoration of the Magi Oil on canvas Church of the Trinity, Caen, France

Philippe de Champaigne

On May 10, 2025 - 17th Century, Belgian, French, may 26

Philippe de Champaigne, Belgian-French painter, May 26, 1602 – August 12, 1674

Self-portrait (copy), between 1625 and 1650 Oil on canvas The Museum of Grenoble, France

The Repentant Magdalen, 1648 Oil on canvas, 45.63 x 35 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Moses with the Ten Commandments, 1648 Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 29.5 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Portrait of Arnauld d'Andilly, 1650 Oil on canvas, 35.8 x 28.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Philippe de Champaigne, Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, 1648 Oil on canvas, 101.1 x 77.6 Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Presentation of Jesus in the Temple, 1648 Oil on canvas, 101.1 x 77.6 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of Ferdinand de Boisschot Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 39.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, c. 1639 Oil on canvas, 87.4 x 61 in // Louvre, Paris

Portrait of Cardinal Mazarin, 17th century Oil on canvas, 80.7 x 56.6 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Aelbert Cuyp

On May 10, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, october 20

Aelbert Cuyp, Dutch painter, October 20, 1620 – November 15, 1691

Three cavaliers, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 26.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

River Landscape, circa 1640 Oil on panel, 6.29 x 14.48 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

A Pier Overlooking Dordrecht, early 1640s Oil on panel, 17.5 x 29.8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Passage Boat, circa 1650 Oil on canvas, 48.8 x 56.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

A Herdsman with Five Cows by a River, 1650-5 Oil on wood, 17.9 x 29.1 in // National Gallery of Art, London

The Maas at Dordrecht, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 45.23 x 67 in // National Gallery of Art, London

A Page with Two Horses, c 1652 Oil on canvas, 56.3 x 89.8 in // Royal Collection, Windsor Castle

Jacob Jordaens

On May 8, 2025 - 17th Century, Flemish, may 19

Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter, May 19, 1593 – October 18, 1678

Self-Portrait, circa 1650 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 32 in x 23.2 in // Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munich

Suzanna and the Elders, 17th century Oil on canvas, 74.4 in x 69.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Allegory of Fertility, 1618 - 1628 Oil on canvas, 70.86 in x 94.88 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Jacob Jordaens, The Satyr and the Peasant Edit, second half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 74.2 in x 66.1 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Satyr and the Peasant Edit, second half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 74.2 in x 66.1 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Laughing Satyr and the Peasant, circa 1645 Oil on canvas, 51.1 in x 67.7 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The King Drinks, first half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 61.4 in x 82.6 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Holy Family, between 1617 and 1618 Oil on panel, 25 in x 19 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Pan and Syrinx, circa 1620 Oil on canvas, 68.8 in x 53.1 in // Epiarte Collection, Madrid

Portrait of an Old Lady, 1641 Oil on canvas, 54 x 44.5 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Triumph of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1652 Oil on canvas, 23.8 ft x 24.7 ft // Huis ten Bosch, The Hague

The Meeting of Odysseus and Nausicaa, circa 1630s Oil on canvas, 46.2 in x 76.3 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Naked Old Man, Standing, between 1600 and 1640 Drawing, 11.81 in x 7.87 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Four Evangelists, between circa 1625 and circa 1630 Oil on canvas, 52.7 × 46.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Jacob Jordaens, Studies of the Head of Abraham Grapheus, second half of 17th century Oil on paper mounted on panel, 17.7 in x 20.4 in Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Studies of the Head of Abraham Grapheus, second half of 17th century Oil on paper mounted on panel, 17.7 in x 20.4 in // Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1655 - ca. 1660 Oil on canvas, 85.6 x 68.8 in // Museum of the Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium

Saint Martin Healing a Possessed Man, 1630 Oil on canvas, 14.1 ft x 105.9 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

The Holy Family and Saint John the Baptist, between 1620 and 1625 Oil on panel, 48.4 x 36.9 in // National Gallery, London

Jacob Jordaens, The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist as a Child with his Parents, between 1617 and 1618 Oil on canvas, 45.9 x 56.7 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist as a Child with his Parents, between 1617 and 1618 Oil on canvas, 45.9 x 56.7 in // North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina

Jan Lievens

On May 8, 2025 - 17th Century, Dutch, october 24

Jan Lievens, Dutch painter, October 24, 1607 – 4 June 4, 1674

Self-Portrait, c 1629-30, Oil on panel, 16.5 × 14.5 in, The Leiden Collection

Jan Lievens, Portrait of an Unknown Old Woman on her Deathbed, 17th century Oil on oak panel, 11.6 in x 14.3 in Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Portrait of an Unknown Old Woman on her Deathbed, 17th century Oil on oak panel, 11.6 in x 14.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Untitled, between circa 1630 and circa 1635 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 39.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Head of a Girl With Long Blond Hair, 17th century Oil on panel, 17.7 x 15 in // Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

The Raising of Lazarus, 1631 Oil on canvas, 42.1 x 45 in // Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Still Life with Books, circa 1630 Oil on panel, 35.8 x 47.2 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Esther Accuses Haman During Her Meal With Assuerus, circa 1625 Oil on canvas, 64.5 x 51.5 in // North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Violin Player, c 1625 Oil on panel Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, Netherlands

Magdalena in Meditation, between 1625 and 1631 Oil on panel, 27.1 x 21.8 in // Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, France

Pilate Washing his Hands, first half of 17th century Oil on panel, 29.2 x 41.7 in // Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden, Netherlands

Bearded Man with a Beret, circa 1630 Oil on panel, 21 x 18.2 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Samson and Delilah, between 1630 and 1635 Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 43.7 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Old Woman Reading, between 1626 and 1633 Oil on panel, 30.7 x 26.7 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn, 1628 Oil on panel, 22.4 x 17.5 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Old Woman Reading, 1621 Oil on panel, 28.1 × 26.4 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

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