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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

William Blake

On August 7, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English, november 28

William Blake, English artist, November 28, 1757-August 12, 1827

The Ancient of Days, 1794 Colour relief etching and white-line etching in blue, black, red and yellow; with added hand colouring

The Inscription over the Gate, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Angel Michael Binding Satan, c 1805 Watercolor, black ink, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 14 1/8 x 12 13/16 in // Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum

The Body of Abel Found by Adam and Eve, circa 1826 Tempera, gold and mahogany wood, 17 x 12.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

Watercolor Illustration to Milton's Paradise Lost, 1807

William Blake, Antaeus setting down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Antaeus Setting Down Dante and Virgil in the Last Circle of Hell, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor, 20.70 x 14.72 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

William Blake, When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

When the Morning Stars Sang Together, 1804/1807 Pen and black ink, watercolor, over traces of graphite, 7 x 11 in // The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

The Great Red Dragon and the Beast from the Sea, 1805 Pen and watercolor, 15.7 × 14 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

William Blake, The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Youthful Poet's Dream, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

The Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun, circa 1803 Watercolor, ink and graphite on paper, 17.2 x 13.7 in // Brooklyn Museum

Mirth, Illustration to Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, between 1816 and 1820 Watercolor The Morgan Library, New York

William Blake, Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Let the Day Perish Wherein I Was Born (The Book of Job), 1821 Watercolor, black ink and graphite on cream laid paper, 8 7/8 x 10 5/8 in // Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

William Blake, Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in Tate Gallery, London

Dante and Virgil Approaching the Angel Who Guards the Entrance of Purgatory, 1824–7 Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 20.7 x 14.7 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

The Stygian Lake, with the Ireful Sinners Fighting, 1824 - 1827 Pen, ink and watercolour over pencil National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Job's Comforters, 1805 Pen and black ink, gray wash, and watercolour, over traces of graphite The Morgan Library, New York

David Delivered out of Many Waters, c.1805 Ink and watercolour on paper, 16.3 x 13.7 in // Tate Gallery

Cerberus, Part of Illustrations to Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy’ Graphite, ink and watercolour on paper, 14.6 x 20.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Songs of Innocence and of Experience, The Tyger, 1795 Relief and white-line etching with hand coloring, 7.7 x 5.4 in // The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, Pasadena

Jacob's Ladder, 1805 Pen and ink and water color, 14.5 x 11.4 in // British Museum, London

Newton, circa 1804-05 Monotype print, 18.1 x 23.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Last Trumpet, 1780–85 Pen and ink, 8 1/16 x 8 3/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

William Blake, The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

The Lovers' Whirlwind, Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta, between 1824 and 1827 Pen, ink and watercolor Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, UK

William Blake, ‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in Tate Gallery, London

‘A Rolling Stone is ever Bare of Moss,' Illustrations to Robert John Thornton, ‘The Pastorals of Virgil’ Wood engraving on paper, 1.3 x 3 in // Tate Gallery, London

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Pierre Subleyras

On August 6, 2025 - 18th Century, French, november 25

Pierre Subleyras, French painter, November 25, 1699 – May 28, 1749

Self-portrait at the Easel, circa 1746 Oil on canvas, 49 x 39 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Charon Ferrying the Shades, 1735-40 Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 32.7 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Pack Saddle, 1732 Oil on canvas, 12.2 x 9.4 in // Private collection

The Crucifixion of St Peter Oil on canvas, 53.7 x 31.5 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig

The Marriage of St Catherine, between 1740 and 1745 Oil on canvas Uffizi, Florence

Portrait of a Woman, circa 1740 Oil on canvas Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of Marco Foscarini, from 1725 until 1749 Oil on canvas, 34.6 x 26.7 in // Museum of 18th-century Venice

Portrait of Father Giovanni Felice Ramelli, 1738 Oil on canvas, 48.8 x 36.6 in // Galleria Sabauda, Turin

Portrait of Pope Benedict XIV, circa 1745 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 38.5 in // Condé Museum, Château de Chantilly, France

Don Cesare Benvenuti, 1742 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 39.8 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Portrait of a Man, c. 1745 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 26.4 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Sir Joshua Reynolds

On July 4, 2025 - 18th Century, English, july 16

Sir Joshua Reynolds, July 16, 1723 – February 23, 1792

Miss Theodosia Magill, afterwards Countess of Clanwilliam, 1765 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Ulster Museum, Belfast

Mrs Siddons as the Tragic Muse, 1789 Oil on canvas, 94.37 x 58.11 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Portrait of Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1782 Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 57 in // National Gallery, London

John Singleton Copley

On June 29, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, American, july 3

John Singleton Copley, American painter, July 3, 1738 - September 9, 1815

Self-Portrait, between circa 1780 and circa 1784 Oil on canvas, 22.2 in x 22.2 in // National Portrait Gallery, Washington

John Singleton Copley, Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper, 12 7/16 x 9 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study for "The Surrender of the Dutch Admiral De Winter to Admiral Duncan, October 11, 1797": Three Figures Raising the Colors Black and red chalk and white-chalk heightening on blue laid paper, 12 7/16 x 9 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Mrs Humphrey Devereux, 1771 Oil on canvas, 40.15 x 31.88 in // Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

Epes Sargent, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 49 13/16 x 40 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Head of a Black Man, 1777 or 1778 Oil on canvas, 20.9 x 16.2 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of Nathaniel Hurd, circa 1765-1766 Oil on canvas, 30 x 25.5 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Mrs. George Watson, 1765 Oil on canvas, 49.87 x 40 in // Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mrs. John Amory, circa 1763 Oil on canvas, 49.8 x 40 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Portrait of Mrs. Thomas Gage, circa 1771 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Timken Museum of Art, San Diego

Jacques-Louis David

On June 21, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, august 30, French

Jacques-Louis David, French painter August 30, 1748 – December 29, 1825

Self-Portrait, 1794 (Musée du Louvre)

Mars Being Disarmed by Venus, 1824 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 104.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Marie Antoinette on Her Way to the Guillotine, October 16, 1793 Pen and ink, 6 x 4 in // Louvre Museum

Hand-coloured etching showing a male figure modeling the costume designed by David for legislators, 1794

Jacques-Louis David, Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac, 1816 Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in Clark Art Institute

Comte Henri-Amédée-Mercure de Turenne-d'Aynac, 1816 Oil on canvas, 28 1/4 x 22 1/8 in // Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

The Death of Marat, 1793 Oil on canvas, 64.9 x 50.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Aert de Gelder

On June 17, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, october 26

Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter, October 26, 1645 – August 27, 1727

Aert de Gelder - Self-Portrait

King David, circa 1683 Oil on canvas, 43.1 x 45 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Abraham Entertaining the Three Angels, 1680s Oil on canvas, 43.7 x 68.5 in // Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

Simeon’s Song of Praise, between circa 1700 and circa 1710 Oil on canvas, 37.2 x 42.3 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of a Young Woman, between 1680 and 1690 Oil on canvas, 26.3 x 20.9 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David, 1680s Oil on canvas, 36.1 x 52.1 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Lot and One of his Daughters Oil on canvas, 35.4 x 35.4 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Jean Siméon Chardin

On May 26, 2025 - 18th Century, French, november 2

Jean Siméon Chardin, French painter, November 2, 1699 –December 6, 1779

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Self-portrait, 1771 Pastel on paper, 18.1 x 14.9 in Louvre, Paris

The antiquarian monkey, circa 1740 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Hard-working Mother, 1740 Oil on canvas, 19.2 x 15.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Lady Sealing a Letter, 18th century Oil on copper, 10 x 9.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of Françoise-Marguerite Pouget, Madame Chardin, 1775 Pastel on paper, 18.1 x 14.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Basket of Peaches, with Walnuts, Knife and Glass of Wine, 1768 Oil on canvas, 12.5 x 15.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Basket of Plums, 1765 Oil on canvas, 12 3/4 x 16 1/2 in // Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia

The Ray, 1727 Oil on canvas, 45 x 57.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Melon, Pears, Peaches and Plums, 1763 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 20.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Jar of Apricots, 1758 Oil on canvas, 22.51 x 20 in // Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Still-Life with Cat and Fish, 1728 Oil on canvas, 31.1 x 24.8 in // Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

The Copper Drinking Fountain, c. 1734 Oil on wood, 11.2 x 9.1 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Attributes of Music, 1765 Oil on canvas, 35.8 x 57.1 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Water Glass and Jug, c. 1760 Oil on canvas, 12.8 x 16.1 in // Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh

'La Brioche', 1763 Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 22 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Still-Life with Pipe an Jug, c. 1737 Oil on canvas, 12.8 x 15.7 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

François Boucher

On May 26, 2025 - 18th Century, French, september 29

François Boucher, French painter, September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770

Portrait of Boucher by Gustaf Lundberg, 1741

Diana Leaving Her Bath, 1742 Oil on canvas, 22 x 28.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan, c. 1754 Oil on canvas, 64.6 x 28 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Venus and Vulcan, 1754 Oil on canvas, 64.7 x 28.1 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour, 1756 Oil on canvas, 83.4 × 64.5 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Jean-Antoine Watteau

On May 26, 2025 - 18th Century, French, october 10

Jean-Antoine Watteau, French painter, October 10, 1684 – July 18, 1721

Rosalba Carriera, Portrait of Antoine Watteau, c. 1721

Nymph and Satyr/Jupiter and Antiope, 1716 Oil on canvas, 28.9 x 42.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Music Lesson, c. 1717 - 1718 Oil on pine panel with walnut strips, 6.3 x 7.8 in // Wallace Collection, London

Mezzetin, c. 1717–9 Oil on panel, 10.9 x 8.3 in // Wallace Collection, London

The Music Party, circa 1719 Oil on canvas, 26.4 x 36.4 in // The Wallace Collection, London

A Lady at her Toilette, between 1717 and 1719 Oil on canvas, 17.7 x 14.8 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Woman Seen from the Back, c.1715/16 Graphite and red chalk on paper, 5.5 x 3.8 in // National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Two Studies of the Head and Shoulders of a Little Girl, ca. 1717-1718 Black, red, and white chalk on buff paper, 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in The Morgan Library, New York

Two Studies of the Head and Shoulders of a Little Girl, ca. 1717-1718 Black, red, and white chalk on buff paper, 7 3/8 x 9 5/8 in // The Morgan Library, New York

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Study of a Woman's Head and Hands, ca. 1717 Red and white chalk and graphite on off-white laid paper, 7 1/2 x 5 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study of a Woman's Head and Hands, ca. 1717 Red and white chalk and graphite on off-white laid paper, 7 1/2 x 5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Figure of a Nude Woman, c. 1713-18 Oil on panel, 6 x 7 in // Norton Simon Foundation, Pasadena, California

Children of Bacchus Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 29.1 in // Louvre, Paris

The French Comedians, ca. 1720 Oil on canvas, 22 1/2 x 28 3/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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