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Alessandro Magnasco

On January 10, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, february 4, Italian

Alessandro Magnasco, Italian painter, February 4, 1667 - March 12, 1749

Self-portrait, 17th century or 18th century Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in // Private collection

Joseph Interpreting Dreams, 1700s Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 69.6 in // Private collection

Hermit in the Desert, 1700/1740 Oil on canvas, 13.4 x 16.1 in // Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

The Tame Magpie, c 1707 and c 1778 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Interrogations in Jail, between c 1710 and c 1720 Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 32.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Banditti at Rest, 1710s Oil on canvas, 44 x 63.7 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Garden Party in Albaro, c 1740 Oil on canvas, 33.9 x 77.9 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Dissipation and Ignorance Destroy the Arts and Sciences, between 1735 and 1740 Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 36 in // Private collection

Workshop of Nuns, c 1725-1730 Oil on canvas, 16.1 x 12.9 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Jewish Funerals, c 1720 Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 46 in // Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris

The Exorcism of the Waves, c 1735 Oil on canvas, 33 x 51 in // Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

The Painter’s Workshop, between 1722 and 1723 Oil on canvas, 23.8 x 16.7 in Private collection

Massimo Stanzione

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian

Massimo Stanzione, Italian painter, 1585 – 1656

Beheading of St John the Baptist, c 1634 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 101.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Virgin and Child, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Adoration of the Magi, c 1656 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 79 in // Private collection

Susanna and the Elders, 1643 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.1 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Saint Agnes, from 1635 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 29.5 in // Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1621 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Woman in Neapolitan Costume, 1635 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 38.2 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1634 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 140.9 in // Prado, Madrid

Cleopatra, 1630s Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 39.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jerome Bankes, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Kingston Lacy, UK

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 57.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lot and his Daughters Royal Palace of Naples

Giovanni Lanfranco

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, january 26

Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter, January 26, 1582 - November 1647

Self-Portrait, between 1628 and 1632 Oil Columbus Museum of Art

Liberation of Saint Peter, between c 1620 and c 1621 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 48.1 in // Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Young Naked Man on a Bed with Cat, between 1620 and 1622 Oil on canvas, 43.9 x 62.9 in // Private collection

Council of the Gods, between 1624 and 1625 Fresco Galleria Borghese, Rome

Hagar and the Angel in the Desert, between c 1600 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 62.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 80 x 96 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Moses and the Messengers from Canaan, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 85.7 x 97 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Gladiators at a Banquet, c 1638 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 11.6 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Last Supper, between 1624 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 13.9 ft // National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona, 1622 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 72.8 in // Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Saint Agatha in Prison, c 1613-1614 Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 52.2 in // National Gallery of Parma

Roman Mock Naval Battle, between 1635 and 1638 Oil on canvas, 71.25 x 142.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madri

Alessandro Turchi

On January 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Alessandro Turchi, Italian painter, 1578 – January 22, 1649

Diana and Actaeon, 1600 Oil on canvas Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, France

David with the Head of Goliath,c 1620s Oil on canvass, 49 x 37.5 in // Private collection

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, between 1600 and 1649 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 57.9 in // Private collection

Erminia Finds the Wounded Tancred, c 1630 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 91.9 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Alessandro Turchi, Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, between c 1640 and c 1645 Oil on slate, 13 11/16 x 19 1/2 // Walters Art Museum, Baltimore

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, 1617 Oil on slate, 16.5 x 20.8 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Death of Cleopatra, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 100.3 x 105.1 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of a Young Woman, c 1620 Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 16.1 in // Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Allegory of Hope, c 1625 Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, Italy

Bacchus and Ariadne, between c 1630 and c 1632 Oil on canvas, 45 x 58 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Abduction of Helen Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

A Young General (Alexander the Great?) Showing Clemency to Two Prisoners Drawing Musée d'Art classique de Mougins, France

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, c 1265 – January 1337, was a Florentine painter. Earlier sources identify Cimabue as his teacher, while modern scholarship also recognizes the importance of a formative period in Rome.

By the mid-1290s Giotto had received the commission for the cycle of stories of Saint Francis in the Basilica of Saint Francis at Assisi. He also worked in Rome, Florence, Padua, Rimini, Naples, and other Italian cities.

Giotto died in Florence in January 1337. His surviving works include fresco cycles in the Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi, and the Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua; panel paintings in the National Gallery, London; the Uffizi, Florence; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Legend of St Francis: Homage of a Simple Man, 1295–1299
Fresco, 106.3 × 90.6 in
Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi

Legend of St Francis: St Francis Giving His Mantle to a Poor Man, 1295–1299
Fresco, 106.3 × 90.6 in
Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi

Legend of St Francis: Dream of the Palace, 1295–1299
Fresco, 106.3 × 90.6 in
Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi

Legend of St Francis: Renunciation of Worldly Goods, 1295–1299
Fresco, 106.3 × 90.6 in
Basilica of Saint Francis, Assisi

The Seven Virtues: Justice, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 23.6 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Virtues: Prudence, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 23.6 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Virtues: Fortitude, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 21.7 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Virtues: Charity, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 21.7 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Vices: Desperation, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 23.6 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Vices: Envy, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 23.6 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Vices: Infidelity, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 21.7 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Vices: Injustice, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 23.6 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

The Seven Vices: Foolishness, c 1306
Fresco, 47.2 × 21.7 in
Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padua

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

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