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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

The Triumph of Venus, 1740 Oil on canvas, 51.18 x 63.77 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Resting Girl, 1752 Oil on canvas, 23.4 x 28.7 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Leda and the Swan, 1742 Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 × 29 1/4 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Toilette of Venus, after 1743 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 34.2 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Allegory of Painting, 1765 Oil on canvas, 39 15/16 x 51 3/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Dovecote, 1758 Oil on canvas, 18 5/8 x 28 in // Saint Louis Art Museum

François Boucher, Aurora Heralding the Arrival of the Morning Sun, circa 1765 Brown and black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper, (octagonal) 18 1/8 x 15 13/16 in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Aurora Heralding the Arrival of the Morning Sun, circa 1765 Brown and black chalk with stumping, heightened with white chalk on buff laid paper, (octagonal) 18 1/8 x 15 13/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Reclining Female Nude, Seen From Behind, early 1730s Red and white chalk, on light brown paper, 10.4 x 12.8 in // Private collection

François Boucher, A Putto With Two Torches, 18th century Coloured chalks on green-grey paper; border line with pen in brown , 8.7 x 10.8 in Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden

A Putto With Two Torches, 18th century Coloured chalks on green-grey paper; border line with pen in brown , 8.7 x 10.8 in // Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden

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

Pleasures of Love, between c 1718 and c 1719 Oil on canvas, 23.62 x 29.52 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

The Feast of Love Oil on canvas, 24.01 x 29.52 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

The Embarkation for Cythera, 1717 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 76.3 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Seated Woman, between 1716 and 1717 Drawing, 9.4 × 5.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Actors of the Comédie-Française, between 1711 and 1718 Oil on panel, 7.8 x 9.8 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Portrait of Hagopdjan of Deritchan, an Armenian who Accompanied the Persian Embassy to Versailles in 1715

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

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

On May 22, 2025 - 18th Century, Italian, march 5

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter, March 5, 1696-March 27, 1770

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Self-Portrait, 1750-53 Würzburg Residenz

Saint Joseph and the Christ Child, between 1767 and 1769 Oil on canvas, 60.6 in x 43.8 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, 1730–1735 Oil on canvas, 108 × 54 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Two Men seated under a Tree, Part of the series Four Decorative Scenes, about 1740-6 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 20.9 in National Gallery, London

Two Men seated under a Tree, Part of the series Four Decorative Scenes, about 1740-6 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 20.9 in // National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Seated Man, Woman with Jar, and Boy, Part of the series Four Decorative Scenes, about 1740-6 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 20.9 in National Gallery, London

Seated Man, Woman with Jar, and Boy, Part of the series Four Decorative Scenes, about 1740-6 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 20.9 in // National Gallery, London

Thomas Gainsborough

On May 14, 2025 - 18th Century, English, may 14

Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, 14 May 1727 (baptised) – 2 August 1788

Self-portrait, circa 1758-1759 Oil on canvas, 30 in x 25 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Margaret Gainsborough, 1778 Oil on canvas, 30.2 × 25.1 in // Courtauld Institute of Art, London

Road from Market, between 1767 and 1768 Oil on canvas, 47.75 in x 67 in // Toledo Museum of Art

Thomas Gainsborough, Cattle Watering by a Stream Watercolor and gouache with black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, 11.61 in x 14.25 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Cattle Watering by a Stream Watercolor and gouache with black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, 11.61 in x 14.25 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Madame Lebrun, 1780 Oil on canvas, 5 in x 4.03 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Mary Little, Later Lady Carr, circa 1763 Oil on canvas, 50 in x 40 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven,Connecticut

Thomas Gainsborough, Portrait of Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s Pastel over pencil heightened with white, varnished, laid paper, 9.40 in x 7.48 in Private collection

Portrait of Margaret Burr, Mrs Thomas Gainsborough, early 1770s Pastel over pencil heightened with white, varnished, laid paper, 9.40 in x 7.48 in // Private collection

The Market Cart, 1786-1787 Oil on canvas, 72.4 in x 60.2 in // Tate Britain, London

Thomas Gainsborough, Landscape with Stream and Weir, between 1750 and 1753 Oil on canvas, 31.49 in x 37.24 in Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Landscape with Stream and Weir, between 1750 and 1753 Oil on canvas, 31.49 in x 37.24 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Thomas Gainsborough, #ImaginaryMuseum **Artist’s Birthday** Thomas Gainsborough, English painter, May 14, 1727 (baptised) – August 2, 1788 Landscape in Suffolk, between circa 1746 and circa 1750 Oil on canvas, 25.98 in x 37.40 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Landscape in Suffolk, between circa 1746 and circa 1750 Oil on canvas, 25.98 in x 37.40 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The lawyer Joshua Grigby III, circa 1760/1765 Oil on canvas, 50.1 in x 40.2 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Ignatius Sancho, 1768 Oil on canvas, 29 in x 24.4 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

David Garrick, 1770 Oil on canvas, 29.7 in x 24.8 in // National Portrait Gallery, London

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

On May 6, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, april 5, French

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter, April 5, 1732-August 22, 1806

Self-portrait with Smiling Face, circa 1800 Gray wash and black chalk, 4.96 in x 3.97 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Diana and Endymion, c. 1753/1756 Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 x 53 7/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

La Gimblette (Girl Playing with her Dog), c. 1770 Oil on canvas, 35 in × 28 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

The Falls of Tivoli, 18th century. Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 23.8 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Caspar David Friedrich

On May 5, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, German, September 5

Caspar David Friedrich, German painter, Sep 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840

Owl on a Grave, circa 1836/37 Sepia over pencil, 10.1 in x 8.7 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caspar David Friedrich, Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald, 1824/25 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 13.8 in Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald, 1824/25 Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 13.8 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany

Landscape with Grave, Coffin and Owl, 1836-37 Sepia over pencil, 15 x 15 in // Kunsthalle, Hamburg

Caspar David Friedrich, Coffin at the edge of a grave, second half of 1830s Sepia and brush over graphite pencil on paper, 15.47 in x 15.51 in Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Coffin at the edge of a grave, second half of 1830s Sepia and brush over graphite pencil on paper, 15.47 in x 15.51 in // Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Caspar David Friedrich, Lady on the Staircase / Caroline on the stairs, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 28.9 in x 20.4 in Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald, Germany

Lady on the Staircase / Caroline on the stairs, circa 1825 Oil on canvas, 28.9 in x 20.4 in // Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald, Germany

Landscape with Pavilion, 1797 Pen, ink and watercolor, 6.5 x 8.5 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Tetschen Altar/The Cross in the Mountainsta, 1807/1808 Oil on canvas, 45.2 × 43.5 in // Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden

Rocky Ravine in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, 1822 Oil on canvas, 37 x 29.1 in // Belvedere, Vienna

Chalk Cliffs at Ruegen, 1818 Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 27.9 in // Kunst Museum Winterthur, Switzerland

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Circa 1817 Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 29.1 in // Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany

The Cemetery Entrance, 1825 Oil on canvas, 56.2 x 43.3 in // Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden

The Stages of Life, circa 1834 Oil on canvas, 28.5 x 37 in // Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany

Graveyard under Snow, 1826/1827 Oil on canvas, 12.2 x 9.9 in // Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany

Moonrise over the Sea, 1822 Oil on canvas, 21.6 x 27.9 in // Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

Joseph Mallord William Turner

On April 17, 2025 - 18th Century, 19th Century, april 23, English

Joseph Mallord William Turner, English painter, April 23, 1775–December 19, 1851

Daguerrotype of JMW Turner, 1847

Death on a Pale Horse (?) c.1825–30 Oil paint on canvas, 23.5 x 29.8 in // Tate Gallery, London

San Giorgio Maggiore in the Morning, 1819 Watercolor on paper, 11 x 8.7 in // British Museum, London

Fishermen at Sea, 1796 Oil on canvas, 36 in x 48.1 in // Tate Britain, London

Peace – Burial at Sea,1842 Oil on canvas, 34 in × 34.1 in // Tate Britain, London

The Slave Ship, 1840 Oil on canvas, 35.7 in x 48.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Kenilworth Castle Date: c.1830 Watercolour, bodycolour and graphite on paper Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall, 1811 Oil on canvas, 35.3 in x 47.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Calais Pier, 1803 Oil on canvas, 67.7 in x 94.4 in // National Gallery, London

Fisherman's Cottage, Dover, circa 1790 Watercolor, 5.23 in x 7.87 in // Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

Norham Castle, Sunrise c.1845 Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775-1851 Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N01981

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Petworth House: The North Gallery at Night, with Figures Contemplating Flaxman’s Statue, ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan, 1827 Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 5.6 x 7.6 in Tate Britain, London

Petworth House: The North Gallery at Night, with Figures Contemplating Flaxman’s Statue, ‘St Michael Overcoming Satan, 1827 Ink, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 5.6 x 7.6 in // Tate Britain, London

The Opening of the Wallhalla, 1842 Oil paint on mahogany, 44.4 x 79 in Tate Britain, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, South view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Cloisters, 1802 Watercolour, 35.3 x 13.4 in (framed) Victoria & Albert Museum, London

South view of Salisbury Cathedral from the Cloisters, 1802 Watercolour, 35.3 x 13.4 in (framed) Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Salisbury Cathedral Interior, looking towards the North Transept c.1801–5 Watercolor, 26 x 20 in Salisbury Museum, UK

Salisbury Cathedral Interior, looking towards the North Transept c.1801–5 Watercolor, 26 x 20 in Salisbury Museum, UK

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