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Guido Cagnacci

On January 1, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian, january 19

Guido Cagnacci, Italian painter, January 19, 1601 - 1663

David with the Head of Goliath, c 1645 - 1650 Oil on canvas, 42.63 x 34.01 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Death of Cleopatra, after 1659 Oil on canvas, 60.2 × 66.3 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Repentant Magdalene, c 1660 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 104.7 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena

Mary Magdalene Taken to Heaven Oil on canvas, 75.8 x 54.5 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

Glory of Saint Mercuriale, 1642-1643 Unknown technique, unknown dimensions Pinacoteca Civica dei Musei Comunali di Forlì, Italy

Saint Jerome, after 1659 Oil on canvas, 63 x 43.5 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Mary Magdalene, Fainted, 1663 Oil on canvas, 33.8 x 28.3 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Allegory of Human Life, 17th century Oil on canvas, 43.3 x 34 in // Private collection

Mary Magdalene in Repentance, after 1659 Oil on copper with tin coating, 17.1 x 20.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Reclining Male Nude, from 1630 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 31.8 in // Private collection

Rape of Europa, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 37 in // Molinari Pradelli Collection, Bologna

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Bernardino Licinio

On December 30, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian

Bernardino Licinio, Italian painter, c 1489 – 1565

Allegory of Love, c 1520 Oil on canvas Private collection

Franciscan Martyrs, 1524 Oil on panel Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Portrait of a Young Man With a Skull, between c 1510 and c 1515 Oil on canvas, 29.8 x 24.9 in // Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Portrait of Arrigo Licinio and His Family, first half of 16th century Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 64.9 in // Galleria Borghese, Rom

Portrait of a Lady Galleria dell’Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy

Bernardino Licinio, Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1535 Oil on wood panel, 110.2 × 74.8 I'm Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints, 1535 Oil on wood panel, 110.2 × 74.8 in Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

A Concert, between c 1520 and c 1525 Oil on canvas, 33 x 39.6 in // Royal Collection, UK

Portrait of a Man with a Missal Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 30.2 in // York Art Gallery, UK

A Family Group, 1524 Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 69.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Portrait of an Architect and Self-Portrait, from 1520 until 1530 Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany

Saint Paul, 1534 Oil on canvas, 37.2 x 31.1 in // Royal Collection, UK

Allegory of Music, before 1565 Oil on canvas, 33.5 × 27.2 in // Private collection

Parmigianino

On December 26, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, january 11

Parmigianino, Italian painter, January 11, 1503 – August 24, 1540

Self-portrait in a Convex Mirror, between c 1523 and c 1524 Oil on poplar wood, 9.6 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Saint Barbara, c 1522 Oil on panel, 18.8 x 15.3 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Philyra and Cronus, 16th century Oil on panel, 29.7 in x 25.2 in // Unidentified location

Pallas Athena, c 1539 Oil on canvas, 25.1 x 17.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Portrait of a Man, between 1528 and 1530 Oil on panel, 20.4 x 16.5 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

Parmigianino, Portrait of a Man (Condottiere Malatesta Baglioni?), between c 1527 and c 1528 Oil on poplar wood, 46 x 38.5 in Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Man (Condottiere Malatesta Baglioni?), between c 1527 and c 1528 Oil on poplar wood, 46 x 38.5 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of Camilla Gonzaga and Her Three Sons, 1539 Oil on wood, 50.3 x 38.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Lorenzo Cybo, 1524 Oil on wood, 49.8 x 41.1 in // Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

Saint Jerome, 1520s-1530s Oil, 11 x 22 in // Private collection

The Holy Family with Angels, c 1524 Oil on panel, 43.3 x 35 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Catherine, 16th century Oil on panel, 11 × 9.8 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, 1535 to 1540 Oil on paper, 29 7/8 × 23 1/2 // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Elisabetta Sirani

On December 24, 2025 - 17th Century, Italian, january 8

Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter, January 8, 1638 – August 25, 1665

Self-Portrait, 1658 Oil on canvas Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, second half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 72 in // Peoria Riverfront Museum

Portia Wounding Her Thigh, 1664 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 54.3 in // Private collection

Allegory of Music, c 1650

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, between 1638 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 36.1 in // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Madonna and Child, 17th century Drawing

Justice, Charity and Prudence, 1664

St Joseph with the Infant Jesus, c 1662

Baptism of Christ, 1658 Oil on canvas, 177 x 137 in // Church of San Girolamo della Certosa, Bologna

Finding of Moses, before 1665 Oil on canvas, 44.2 x 51.1 in // Private collection

Portrait of Vincenzo Ferdinando Ranuzzi as Amor, 1663 Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 23.2 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great, 1659 Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 68.7 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Giotto di Bondone

On December 6, 2025 - 13th Century, 14th Century, Italian

Giotto di Bondone, Florentine painter, c 1266-1337

The Seven Virtues: Justice, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 23.6 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Virtues: Prudence, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 23.6 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Virtues: Fortitude, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 21.7 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Virtues: Charity, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 21.7 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Vices: Desperation, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 23.6 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

Giotto di Bondone, The Seven Vices: Envy, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 23.6 in Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Vices: Infidelity, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 21.7 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Vices: Injustice, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 23.6 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

The Seven Vices: Foolishness, 1306 Fresco, 47.2 x 21.7 in // Arena Chapel, Padua

Legend of St Francis: Homage of a Simple Man, 1300 Fresco, 106.3 x 90.55 in // Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Legend of St Francis: St Francis Giving his Mantle to a Poor Man, 1297-99 Fresco, 106.3 x 90.55 in // Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Legend of St Francis: Dream of the Palace, 1297-99 Fresco, 106.3 x 90.55 in // Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Legend of St Francis: Renunciation of Wordly Goods, 1297-99 Fresco, 106.3 x 90.55 in // Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Bonifazio Veronese

On November 4, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian

Bonifazio Veronese, Venetian painter, 1487 – October 19 1553

The Adoration of the Shepherds, c 1523 Oil on panel, 46.4 x 66.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Holy Family with Saints, c 1525 Oil on panel, 61 x 79.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Rich Man and Lazarus, c 1540 Oil on canvas, 80.7 x 14.3 ft // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Head of a Bearded Man, 16th century Drawing, 10.4 x 8.1 in // Musée Paul-Dupuy, Toulouse, France

Portrait of a Gentleman, 1520s Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 32.6 in // Unidentified location

Annunciation (Angel), between 1543 and 1544 Oil on canvas, 77.6 x 52.8 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Annunciation (Virgin), between 1543 and 1544 Oil on canvas, 77.2 x 53.5 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Bonifazio Veronese, Madonna with Child and Saint John the Baptist, between Saints Omobono and Barbara, 1533 Oil on canvas Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Madonna with Child and Saint John the Baptist, between Saints Omobono and Barbara, 1533 Oil on canvas // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

God the Father over the Piazza San Marco, between 1543 and 1544 Oil on canvas, 74 x 52 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

St. Mark Presents His Standard to Venice, between 1531 and 1532 Oil on canvas, 89 x 55.3 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

The Redeemer and the Apostles, c 1528 Oil on canvas, 74.4 x 59.5 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon Oil on canvas // Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice

Giovanni Boldini

On October 30, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, december 1, Italian

Giovanni Boldini, Italian Painter, December 31, 1842 – July 11, 1931

Self-Portrait at Montorsoli, 1892 Oil on canvas, 22 x 14.1 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi, 1886 Pastel on cardboard, 25.5 x 21.2 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Roma

Princesse de Caraman-Chimay, later Madame Jourdan, 1889 Private collection

Portrait of John Singer Sargent, circa 1890 Oil on panel, 10.63 × 8.66 in // Private collection

Portrait of the Count Robert de Montesquiou, 1897 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 45.6 in // Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Portrait of Madame Marthe de Florian, 1898 Oil on canvas, 57.8 x 44 in // Private collection

Portrait of Rita de Acosta Lydig, 1911 Oil on canvas, 70.9 x 43.5 in // Private collection

Princess Cécile Murat Ney d'Elchingen, 1910 Oil on canvas, 94 x 51.1 in // Private collection

Portrait of Marchesa Luisa Casati With a Greyhound, 1908 Oil on canvas, 100 x 55 in // Private collection

A Famous Connoisseur, 1883 Crayon and pencil on graph paper, 6.2 x 4.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Men Reading, 1884 Drawing, 14.4 × 10 in // Private collection

Young Woman Sitting in an Interior Drawing

Luca Cambiaso

On October 29, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, november 18

Luca Cambiaso, Italian painter, November 18, 1527 - September 6, 1585

Madonna of the Candle, between 1570 and 1575 Oil on canvas, 55.11 x 42.91 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Self-Portrait of the Painter Painting the Portrait of His Father Giovanni Oil on canvas Palazzo Bianco, Genoa

Luca Cambiaso, Virgin with the Christ Child in Swaddling Clothes, 1575-80 Oil on canvas, 26.4 x 22 in Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa

Virgin with the Christ Child in Swaddling Clothes, 1575-80 Oil on canvas, 26.4 x 22 in // Museo dell'Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti, Genoa

Odysseus Slays the Suitors in His Palace, 1565-66 Fresco Salone, Palazzo Grimaldi della Meridiana, Genoa

Diana and Satyr, c. 1560 Fresco Loggia di Diana, Villa Pallavicino delle Peschiere, Genoa

Venus and Adonis, 1565-69 Oil on canvas, 51.2 x 37 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Saint Jerome, from 1560 until 1580 Oil on canvas, 46.4 x 38.5 in // Museu Nacional de Belas Artes, Rio de Janeiro

The Visitation, c 1580 Pen & brown ink brown wash on paper, 10.75 x 9.9 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Flight of Aeneas, Anchises and Ascanius from Troy, 1555-60 Pen and brush and brown wash, 15.9 x 11.1 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Luca Cambiaso, Fame, mid- to late 16th century Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, 13 1/16 x 9 9/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fame, mid- to late 16th century Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over traces of black chalk, 13 1/16 x 9 9/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Luca Cambiaso, The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1581 Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on blue paper, 15 1/4 x 9 5/8 in National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, 1581 Pen and brown ink with brown wash over black chalk on laid paper, laid down on blue paper, 15 1/4 x 9 5/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

A Pilgrim to Compostela, Pen and brush in brown, 12.2 x 7.8 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Francesco Salviati

On October 13, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Francesco Salviati, Italian painter, 1510 - November 11, 1563

Self-Portrait National Museum of Capodimonte, Naples

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, between 1525 and 1550 Oil on canvas, 108.2 x 92.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Charity, c 1544–1548 Oil on panel, 61.4 x 48 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist, 1540 Oil on wood panel, 51.18 x 38.58 in // Toledo Museum of Art

Charity, c1543-1545 Oil on poplar panel, 56.7 x 45.7 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

History of Paul III (detail), c 1558 Fresco Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Time as Occasion, 1543 - 1545 Fresco, 10.82 x 5.51 in // Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Florence

Camillo Punishes the Treacherous Teacher From Falerii, 1543 - 1545 Fresco, 18.50 x 14.17 in // Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Florence

Study for Christ in the Resurrection of Lazarus Drawing, 11.3 x 7.9 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Head and Shoulders of a Bearded Man, 1540/1549 Black chalk, 9.4 x 11.9 in // The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Abraham's Sacrifice, c 1545 Ink and wash on paper, 15.6 x 11 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Francesco Salviati, Figure Seen From Behind, Carrying an Urn, 16th century Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache highlights, 11.4 x 8 in Museum of Fine Arts of Marseille

Figure Seen From Behind, Carrying an Urn, 16th century Pen and brown ink, brown wash, gouache highlights, 11.4 x 8 in // Museum of Fine Arts of Marseille

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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

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