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Luca Giordano

On April 2, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, october 18

Luca Giordano, Italian painter, October 18, 1634 – January 3, 1705

Self-portrait, circa 1692 Oil on canvas 24.8 in x 19.2 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Triumph of the Medici in the Clouds of Mount Olympus, 1684–1686 Fresco Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence

A mathematician, 17th century Oil on canvas, 50.3 in x 40.1 in // National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires

Luca Giordano, Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, 17th century Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down, 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, 17th century Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down, 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in /// Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Martyrdom of Saint Bartolomeo, circa 1660 Oil on canvas // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Allegory of Magnanimity, circa 1670 Oil on canvas, 70.9 in x 70.9 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1665 Oil on canvas, 165 in × 111 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalene, between 1660 and 1665 Oil on canvas // Hispanic Society of America, New York

The Resurrection, after 1665 Oil on canvas, 44.8 in x 45.6 in // Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria

The Death of Archimedes Oil on canvas, 69 x 87 in // National Trust Collections, UK

Four Women Making Music, 1658-1660 Oil on canvas, 22.5 in x 40 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Democritus and Heraclitus, 17th century Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 in // Private Collection

Psyche's Parents Offering Sacrifice to Apollo, between circa 1695 and circa 1697 Oil on canvas, 22.1 in x 27.2 in // Royal Collection, UK

Fra Angelico

On April 1, 2025 - Italian

Fra Angelico, Italian painter, c 1495-1555

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, between 1447 and 1449 Fresco, 106.6 in x 92.9 in // Niccoline Chapel, Vatican City

Posthumous portrait, from The Preaching of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli (c. 1501) in Orvieto Cathedral, Italy

Angel of the Annunciation, between 1450 and 1455 Gold leaf and tempera on wood panel, 13 × 10 5/8 inches // Detroit Institute of Art

Entombment, between 1438 and 1440 Tempera on wood, 14.9 in x 18.1 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Fra Bartolomeo

On March 28, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, march 28

Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter, 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517

Presumed portrait of Fra Bartolomeo

Vision of St Bernard with Sts Benedict and John the Evangelist, 1504 Oil on panel, 83.8 x 86.6 in / Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, circa 1497-1498 Oil on panel, 18.5 × 12.2 in / Museum of San Marco, Florence

Pietà, 1516 Oil on wood, 62.2 x 78.3 in Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Raphael Sanzio

On March 28, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, march 28

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), Italian painter and architect, March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520

Presumed self-portrait of Raphael

The Deposition, 1507 Oil on panel, 68.7 x 70.2 in / Galleria Borghese, Rome

Raphael, The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Part of Raphael Cartoons, c.1515 - c.1516 Bodycolour over charcoal on many sheets of paper, mounted on canvas, 10.46 ft x 13.09 ft Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Part of Raphael Cartoons, c.1515 - c.1516 Bodycolour over charcoal on many sheets of paper, mounted on canvas, 10.46 ft x 13.09 ft / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Young Man Carrying an Old Man on His Back, circa 1514 Sanguine on paper Albertina, Vienna

The Madonna of Loreto, c. 1511 Oil on panel, 47 in × 35 in // Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

Tintoretto

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian

Jacopo Robusti, best known as Tintoretto, Venetian painter, 1518-1594

Self-Portrait by Tintoretto, c. 1587-1588, via Louvre, Paris

The Massacre of the Innocents, between 1582 and 1587 Oil on canvas, 13.8 ft x 17.9 ft Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

The Flight into Egypt, 1582 - 1587 Oil on canvas, 13 ft 10 9/64 in x 19 feet 11/32 inch // Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Madonna dell'Orto (Venice) - Choir - St. Peter’s Vision of the Cross by Tintoretto

The Visitation, circa 1588 Oil on canvas, 62.2 in x 93.3 in // Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

The Raising of Lazarus, between 1579 and 1581 Oil on canvas, 17.7 ft x 11.6 ft // Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

Saint George and the Dragon, circa 1555 Oil on canvas, 62.3 in x 39.5 in // National Gallery, London

Jacopo Pontormo

On March 25, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, may 24

Jacopo Pontormo, Italian artist, May 24, 1494 – January 2, 1557

Portrait of Francesco da Castiglione, 1520 Oil on wood, 20 x 15 in Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Study of a Male Figure for the 'Deposition' Altarpiece in the Capella Capponi, Santa Felicita, Florence, 1525-27 Charcoal on paper

Female Nude, 1535-1543 Black chalk, 8 x 13 // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Saint Jerome Penitent, 1527-1528 Oil on panel, 41.3 in x 31.4 in // Landesmuseum Hannover, Germany

Saint Sebastian, 1515 Oil on panel, 25.5 in x 18.8 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

The Birth of John the Baptist, 1526 Oil on panel, 21.2 in x 21.2 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Madonna and Child, 1532 Oil on canvas, Museum of John Paul II Collection, Warsaw, Poland

Saint Luke, 1526 Oil on panel, 27.5 in // Santa Felicità, Florence

Saint John the Evangelist, 1525 Oil on panel, 27.5 in // Santa Felicità, Florence

Portrait of Maria Salviati de' Medici and Giulia de' Medici, ca. 1539 Oil on panel, 34 5/8 x 28 1/16 in // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Study of a Man Wearing a Hat, 1519-21 Red chalk with incised lines for transfer, 6.1 x 7.8 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Studies of a Youth Pouring from a Jug, 1523-24 Red chalk, 12.4 x 7.6 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Joseph Being Sold to Potiphar, 1515 - 1518 Oil on wood, 22.8 in x 19.6 in // National Gallery, London

Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John, c.1527 Oil on wood, 20.5 x 15.7 in

Study for Deluge, circa 1546 Red chalk on paper, 16.49 in x 8.50 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Filippo Lippi

On March 21, 2025 - 15th Century, Italian

Filippo Lippi, Italian artist, c. 1406 – October 8, 1469

Madonna with the Child and two Angels, 1465 Chalk on paper Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Filippo Lippi, Adoration of the Magi, 1496 Oil on panel, 101.5 in x 95.6 in Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Adoration of the Magi, 1496 Oil on panel, 101.5 in x 95.6 // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Adoration of the Child with Saints, between 1460 and 1465 Color on panel, 57.4 × 61.8 in // Palazzo Pretorio Museum, Prato, Italy

Esther at the Palace Gate National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Filippo Lippi, Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot, 1458 Tempera on wood panel, 32 x 11 3/4 x 1 3/16 in Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Panels from a Triptych: The Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot, 1458 Tempera on wood panel, 32 x 11 3/4 x 1 3/16 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Herod's Banquet, circa 1457 Fresco, 14.7 ft x 28.8 ft // Prato Cathedral, Italy

Madonna della Cintola, 1455 - 1465 Tempera on wood, 75.2 x 73.6 in Palazzo Pretorio Museum, Prato, Italy

The Annunciation with two Kneeling Donors, 1455 Oil and tempera on panel, 60.3 x 56.3 in // National Gallery of Ancient Art, Rome, Italy

Andrea Mantegna

On March 18, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, pantheon, september 13

Andrea Mantegna, Italian artist, c.1431-September 13, 1506

Bronze Bust of Mantegna, 1510s

Baptism of Christ, circa 1506 Casein (?) on canvas, 89.7 in x 68.8 in Sant’Andrea, Cappella di Giovanni Battista, Mantua, Italy

Andrea Mantegna, The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Madonna of Humility, circa 1490 Burin engraving, 11 x 9 in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

St Mark the Evangelist, ca. 1448 – 1451 Mixed technique on canvas, 32 x 25 in Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Ceiling Oculus, between 1465 and 1474 Fresco, 106.2 in Palazzo Ducale Mantua, Italy

Profile of a Man, circa 1460 Edit this at Wikidata Tempera on panel, 12.7 in x 11.3 in Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Two Holy women, Seated on the Ground, 1455-1465 Pen and brown ink on paper, 5 x 3.5 in The British Museum, London

Four Women Dancing, 1492–1502 Engraving on paper, 9 3/8 × 13 1/4 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Andrea Mantegna, The Victory of Virtue, 1502 (detail)

The Victory of Virtue. Andrea Mantegna, 1502 (detail)

Children playing with masks, 1495

Muse, 1497

Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar: 3. The Bearers of Trophies and Bullion, between circa 1484 and circa 1492 Tempera on canvas, 106.4 in x 110.4 in Royal Collection, UK

The Triumphs of Caesar: 3. The Bearers of Trophies and Bullion, between circa 1484 and circa 1492 Tempera on canvas, 106.4 in x 110.4 in // Royal Collection, UK

Samson and Delilah, 1495 Glue-size on canvas, 18.5 in x 14.4 in // National Gallery, London

Julius Caesar on his triumphal car, 1500, British Museum

Andrea Mantegna, The Triumphs of Caesar VI: corselet-bearers, Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace Date 1484-1492 (c.1500)

The Triumphs of Caesar VI: corselet-bearers, 1484-1492 (c.1500) Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace

Apostles Watching the Ascension of Christ, 15th century Drawing Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts

The Triumphs of Caesar VII: captives, Royal Collection, Hampton Court Palace

Polyptych of St. Luke, 1453 - 1455 Oil on panel, 230 x 177 cm // Palazzo Brera, Milan, Italy

Study for a Christ, 1490, British Museum

The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, c. 1454 Tempera on canvas, 30.3 in x 37.1 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Battle of the Sea-Gods (right portion of frieze), ca. 1485–88 Engraving, 11 5/8 × 15 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Andrea Mantegna, The Virgin of Victory (The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Saints and Adored by Gian Francesco II Gonzaga), 1496, Louvre, Paris

The Virgin of Victory (The Madonna and Child Enthroned with Six Saints and Adored by Gian Francesco II Gonzaga), 1496 Tempera on canvas, 110 x 65.3 in Louvre, Paris

Bacchanal with a Wine Vat, Before 1475 Engraving and drypoint, 11 3/4 x 17 3/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Entombment, 1475 Engraving, 11 x 16.7 in

The Adoration of the Shepherds, shortly after 1450 Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood, 15 3/4 x 21 7/8 in /// Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York