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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

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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The Canterbury Pilgrims, c 1810-1820 Etching and engraving, 13.9 x 37 in British Museum, London

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 51, between 1804 and 1820 Relief etching printed in black with pen and black ink and watercolor on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.85 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Jerusalem, Plate 1, Frontispiece, 1804 to 1820 Relief etching printed in orange with pen and black ink, watercolor, and gold on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper, 8.77 x 6.37 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

William Blake, The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

The Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 67, "The Fatal Sisters," between 1797 and 1798 Watercolor, pen, black ink and graphite on cream-colored paper, 16.49 x 12.75 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

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

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