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John Crome

On December 12, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, december 22, English

John Crome, English painter, December 22, 1768 – April 22, 1821

Michael William Sharp Portrait of John Crome Norfolk Museums Collections

Boys Bathing on the River Wensum, Norwich, 1817 Oil on panel, 19 X 14.1 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Demolition of Norfolk Cathedral Infirmary, c 1804 Watercolor Norwich Castle Art Gallery, UK

Shepherds on Mousehold Heath, Norwich Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 36 in // Government Art Collection, UK

A Sandy Bank, c 1820 Oil on canvas, 14.4 x 20.6 in // National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

Moonrise on the Yare, between 1811 and 1816 Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 27.9 in // Tate Gallery, London

Sailing Barges Oil on canvas, 30.5 x 27.3 in // The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Scotland

Slate Quarries, between 1802 and 1805 Oil on canvas, 62.4 x 48.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

St Benet's Abbey, Norfolk Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 27.2 in // Leeds Art Gallery, UK

The Bell Inn, c 1805 Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 23.6 in // National Galleries Scotland, Edinburgh

The Steam Packet, between c 1813 and c 1817 Oil on panel, 20.2 x 16.6 in // Manchester Art Gallery, UK

The Windmill Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 24.2 in // Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust, UK

Yarmouth Water Frolic – Evening; Boats Assembling Previous to the Rowing Match, 1821 Oil on canvas, 41.7 x 67.7 in // Kenwood House, London

Luis Egidio Meléndez

On November 26, 2025 - 18th Century, Spanish

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Spanish painter, 1716–1780

Self-portrait Holding an Academic Study, 1746 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 32.2 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Still Life with Ham Eggs and Vessels, 18th century Oil on canvas, 19.2 x 14.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still-Life with Oranges and Walnuts, 1772 Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in // Unknown location

Still Life with Salmon, Lemon and Three Vessels, 1772 Oil on canvas, 16.1 in x 24.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Plums, Figs, Bread, Barrel, Jug, and Other Vessels, 18th century Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 18.8 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Fruit and Cheese, 1771 Oil on canvas, Height: 16 x 24 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Afternoon Meal, c 1772 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 60.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Still Life with Small Pears, Bread, Flask, Bowl, and Dry Leaves, 1760 Oil on canvas, 18.8 x 13.6 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Still Life with Oranges, Honey-Jar, Boxes of Sweetmeats, and Watermelons, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 19 x 13.5 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Oranges, Honey-Jar, Boxes of Sweetmeats, and Watermelons, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 19 x 13.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Figs and Bread Oil on canvas, 18.74 x 13.38 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Still Life, 1765-1775 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 23.2 Collection Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, Spain

Still Life, 1765-1775 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 23.2 // Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, Spain

Still Life with Tomatoes, a Bowl of Aubergines, and Onions, before 1780 Oil on canvas, 14.4 x 19.2 in // Unidentified location

William Daniell

On November 1, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English

William Daniell, English painter, 1769 – August 16, 1837

William Daniell, Perspective View of the Mosque at Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, 1789 Pencil and wash drawing Royal Institute of British Architects, London

Perspective View of the Mosque at Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, 1789 Pencil and wash drawing Royal Institute of British Architects, London

William Daniell, Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal — A Squall Passing Off, 1833 Oil on canvas, 27 x 42 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Madras, or Fort St. George, in the Bay of Bengal — A Squall Passing Off, 1833 Oil on canvas, 27 x 42 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Castle Broichin on the Isle of Raasay, 1819

View of the Canton Factories, 1805–10 Oil on canvas, 37 x 71.65 in // National Maritime Museum, London

The European Factories, Canton, 1806 Oil on canvas, 34 x 50 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

View in China: Cultivating the Tea Plant, c 1810 Oil on canvas, 48.50 x 72.79 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven

Coast Scene, Madeira (?), 1810 Oil on canvas, 5.9 x 7.9 in // Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK

William Daniell, Action Between a Fleet of East Indiamen, Commanded by Commodore Nathaniel Dance, and a French Squadron, Commanded by Rear Admiral Comte de Linois, off Pulo Aor in the Straits of Malacca, 1804 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 78 in Christ's Hospital, Horsham, UK

Action Between a Fleet of East Indiamen, Commanded by Commodore Nathaniel Dance, and a French Squadron, Commanded by Rear Admiral Comte de Linois, off Pulo Aor in the Straits of Malacca, 1804 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 78 in // Christ's Hospital, Horsham, UK

A Caparisoned Elephant – Scene near Delhi, 1832 Oil on canvas, 8.4 x 11.4 in // Sir John Soane's Museum, London

The Hirkarrah Camel (A Scene in the East Indies), 1832 Oil on canvas, 8.4 x 11.4 in // Sir John Soane's Museum, London

Scene in the Himalayas Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 39.4 in // Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, UK

Eddystone Lighthouse, During a Storm Oil on canvas, 34.6 x 52.7 in // The Box, Plymouth, UK

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

William Hodges

On October 16, 2025 - 18th Century, English, october 28

William Hodges, English painter, October 28, 1744 - March 6, 1797

Waterfall in Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 1775 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 76 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

Oaitepeha Bay, Tahiti, 1776 Oil on canvas, 36.5 x 54.5 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

View from Point Venus, Island of Tahiti, late 1770s Oil on canvas, 9.45 x 18.5 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

View of Part of Fare Harbor, Island of Huahine, 1774 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 30.7 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

View of Part of the Island of Raiatea, 1773 Oil on canvas, 19.9 x 24 in // Royal Museums Greenwich

William Hodges, View of the Province of Pare, Island of Tahiti, with part of the Island of Moorea, circa 1776 Oil on canvas, 30.2 x 48.5 in Royal Museums Greenwich

View of the Province of Pare, Island of Tahiti, with part of the Island of Moorea, circa 1776 Oil on canvas, 30.2 x 48.5 in Royal Museums Greenwich

Man of Easter Island, 1777 Engraving British Museum, London

Woman of Easter Island, 1777 Engraving British Museum, London

A View of Part of the City of Oud, 1785 Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Northern view of Chunar from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh, 1785 Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Chunar seen from the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh, 1785 Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Gateway to the caravanserai at Rajmahal, Bihar Coloured etching Wellcome Collection

Tilly Kettle

On October 12, 2025 - 18th Century, English, nbd

Tilly Kettle, English painter, 1734-1786

Self-Portrait, 1762 Oil on canvas, 29.2 x 24.4 in // Private collection

Shuja al-Daula, Nawab of Awadh, 1772 Oil on canvas, 50 × 40 in // Yale Center for British Art

A Woman Holding a Hookah at Faizabad, India, 1772 Oil on canvas, 76 3/4 × 47 3/4 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Arcot Princes, c 1770 Oil on canvas, 50 x 38 in // Private collection

Indian Dancers, 18th century Oil on canvas, 63.5 x 51.96 in // National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi

Muhammad Ali Khan, the Nawab of Arcot Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 35 in // Norfolk Museums Collections, Norwich, UK

Portrait of Two Children in Eastern Costumes, c 1765 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 40 in // Private collection

Tilly Kettle, Major William Davy, Bengal Army, Persian Secretary to the Governor-General, in Persian Dress, c 1780 Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 11.8 in National Army Museum, London

Major William Davy, Bengal Army, Persian Secretary to the Governor-General, in Persian Dress, c 1780 Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 11.8 in // National Army Museum, London

Mrs Yates as Mandane in ‘The Orphan of China’, exhibited 1765 Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 75.7 in // Tate Britain, London

Portrait of Anne Howard-Vyse, 1780 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand

Sarah Judith de Castro, from 1770 until 1771 Oil on canvas, 36.3 x 30.9 in // Jewish Museum, London

Daniel de Castro, 1770–1771 Oil on canvas, 29.7 x 25 in // Jewish Museum, London

Alexander Davidson, Governor of Madras, 1770 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 24 in // Christ Church, Oxford University, UK

David Scott, Merchant and Director of the East India Company, c 1775 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 in // National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

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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

Francesco Solimena

On September 26, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, october 4

Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, October 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747

Saint John the Baptist, circa 1730 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 27.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert Comforted by the Angel, circa 1690 Oil on canvas Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples

Bacchus and Ariadne Oil on copper, 14 x 19 in // Private collection

Madonna and Child, circa 1720 Oil on canvas, 25.4 x 18.9 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1704 Oil on canvas, 80.8 x 60.5 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, after 1705 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 39.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Diana and Endymion, between 1705-1710 Oil on canvas, 70.47 x 91.65 in // Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Emperor Charles VI and Gundacker, Count Althann, 1728 Oil on canvas, 10.13 x 111.81 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, circa 1712 Oil on canvas, 11.92 x 12.63 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Francesco Solimena, Allegorical Figure of Study, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Allegorical Figure of Study, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, Study for the Fall of Simon Magus, 1690 Pen and brown ink, gray, green, and rose washes over graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study for the Fall of Simon Magus, 1690 Pen and brown ink, gray, green, and rose washes over graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, The Continence of Scipio, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16-9/16 x 22-5/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Continence of Scipio, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16-9/16 x 22-5/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gilbert Stuart

On August 12, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, American, december 3

Gilbert Stuart, American painter, December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828

Self-portrait, circa 1778 Oil on canvas, 16.7 x 12.7 in // Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, Rhode Island

Horatio Gates, ca. 1793–94 Oil on canvas, 44 1/4 x 35 7/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1784 Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Colonel Isaac Barré, 1785 Oil on canvas, 35 13/16 x 27 3/4 in // Brooklyn Museum, New York

Portrait of Joseph Brant, 1785 Oil on canvas, 31.6 x 27.6 in // British Museum, London

Sarah Siddons, 1787 Oil on canvas, 29.4 x 24.4 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Robert Livingston, 1793-1794 Oil on canvas, 35.9 x 28.2 in // Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, New York

Catherine Brass Yates, 1793 Oil on canvas, 30.3 x 25.1 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of John Jay, 1794 Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 40.1 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Bayard, 1794 Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 27.1 in // Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey

Colonel James Swan, 1795 Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Abigail Smith Adams, between 1810 and 1815 Oil on canvas, 28.8 x 23.5 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

John Adams, circa 1800/1815 Oil on canvas, 29 x 24 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Major-General Henry Dearborn, 1812 Oil on panel, 28.1 x 22.4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

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