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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

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

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

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

On May 24, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, march 14

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Italian painter, March 14, 1665 — July 16, 1747

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, Self-portrait, c 1700

The Wedding at Cana, 1681–1691 Oil on canvas, 74 × 97 3/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Woman Tuning a Lute, between 1700 and 1705 Oil on canvas, 47.7 x 60.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Count Fulvio Grati, between 1700 and 1720 Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 60.2 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Cupid and Psyche, from 1707 until 1709 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 84.6 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta

On May 22, 2025 - 18th Century, february 13, Italian

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Italian painter, February 13, 1682 or 1683 – April 28, 1754

Self-Portrait, 1730s

Madonna and Child with an Adoring Figure, 1715 Oil on canvas, 74 × 57 1/2 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Pastoral Scene, 1735–1745 Oil on canvas, 75 1/2 × 56 1/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

On May 22, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, august 30, Italian

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian painter, August 30, 1727 – March 3, 1804

The Women of Darius Invoking the Clemency of Alexander, 1750 Oil on canvas, 46 9/16 × 38 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Swing of the Polichinelles, 1793 Fresco Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Polichinelles at Rest, 1797 Fresco Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Polichinelles in Love, 1797 Fresco Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

The Acrobatic Shed, 1797 Fresco Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

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