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Carlo Saraceni

On September 27, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, nbd

Carlo Saraceni, Italian painter, 1579 – June 16, 1620

Anonymous, Portrait of Carlo Saraceni

Saint Cecilia and the Angel, 1610s Oil on canvas, 67.7 x 54.7 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

The Madonna and Child with Saint Anne and an Angel, between c 1608 and c 1610 Oil on copper, 11 1/2 x 14 3/8 in // Honolulu Museum of Art

Vision of Saint Francis, circa 1615 Oil on canvas, 95.8 x 65.9 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, between c 1610 and c 1615 Oil on canvas, 35.4 × 31.1 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Saint Sebastian, circa 1610-16 Oil on canvas // Prague Castle, Czech Republic

Penitent Magdalene, circa 1614 Oil on canvas, 39 x 29.3 in // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Moses defending the Daughters of Jethro, between 1609 and 1610 Oil on copper, 11.2 x 13.8 in // National Gallery, London

The Martyrdom of St Cecilia, circa 1610 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 38.9 in // Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Virgin Mary with Child Jesus, St. Anne and Angel, 1600s Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 50 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Carlo Saraceni, Chained Andromeda, between 1598 and 1600 Oil on panel, 10.2 x 8.6 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon

Chained Andromeda, between 1598 and 1600 Oil on panel, 10.2 x 8.6 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

A Seated Man Recoiling Oil on canvas, 25 1/2 x 20 in // Private collection

Madonna and Child with Saint Anne, circa 1610 Oil on canvas, 70.8 x 61 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

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Francesco Solimena

On September 26, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, october 4

Francesco Solimena, Italian painter, October 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747

Saint John the Baptist, circa 1730 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 27.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert Comforted by the Angel, circa 1690 Oil on canvas Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples

Bacchus and Ariadne Oil on copper, 14 x 19 in // Private collection

Madonna and Child, circa 1720 Oil on canvas, 25.4 x 18.9 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1704 Oil on canvas, 80.8 x 60.5 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, after 1705 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 39.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Diana and Endymion, between 1705-1710 Oil on canvas, 70.47 x 91.65 in // Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

Emperor Charles VI and Gundacker, Count Althann, 1728 Oil on canvas, 10.13 x 111.81 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, circa 1712 Oil on canvas, 11.92 x 12.63 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Francesco Solimena, Allegorical Figure of Study, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Allegorical Figure of Study, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5 11/16 × 7 3/4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, Study for the Fall of Simon Magus, 1690 Pen and brown ink, gray, green, and rose washes over graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Study for the Fall of Simon Magus, 1690 Pen and brown ink, gray, green, and rose washes over graphite Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, The Continence of Scipio, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16-9/16 x 22-5/16 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Continence of Scipio, between 1657 and 1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16-9/16 x 22-5/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo

On September 24, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, december 7, Italian

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Italian artist, December 7, 1578 – December 23, 1635

The Liberation of Saint Peter, 1615 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 81.4 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Immaculate Conception with Saints Dominic and Francis of Paola, 1607 Oil on canvas, 10.9 ft x ?? Santa Maria della Stella, Naples

Immaculate Conception with Saints Dominic and Francis of Paola, 1607 Oil on canvas, 10.9 ft x ?? // Santa Maria della Stella, Naples

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1618 Oil on canvas, 46.6 × 46.6 in // Collection Rau for UNICEF

Christ and Caiaphas, between 1611 and 1620 Oil on canvas, 28.7 x 40.5 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Madonna of the Purification of the Soul with Saints Francis and Clare Oil on canvas, 118.1 in x ??? Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Madonna of the Purification of the Soul with Saints Francis and Clare Oil on canvas, 118.1 in x ??? // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Giovanni Battista Caracciolo, Two Youths With Grapes, from 1605 until 1610 Oil on poplar panel, 23.03 x 27.75 in Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Two Youths With Grapes, from 1605 until 1610 Oil on poplar panel, 23.03 x 27.75 in // Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Christ on the Mount of Olives, between 1615 and 1617 Oil on canvas, 58.26 x 48.81 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Sacrifice of Abraham Oil on canvas, 82 x 60.6 in // Dundee Art Galleries and Museums, Scotland

Baby, between 1610 and 1619 Drawing, 3.1 x 3.8 in Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Head of a Boy in Profile Drawing, 5.4 x 6.1 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Pordenone

On September 17, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Pordenone, Italian painter, c. 1484 – January 14, 1539

Golgotha, 1520 Fresco, 29.5 x 39.4 ft // Cremona Cathedral

Golgotha (detail), 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Pilate Judges Christ, 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Carrying the Cross, 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Pordenone, Christ Nailed to the Cross 1520 Fresco Cathedral, Cremona

Christ Nailed to the Cross, 1520 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

Lamentation, 1522 Fresco Cremona Cathedral

St Martin and St Christopher, 1528-29 Oil on panels, 8.2 x 4.6 ft // San Rocco, Venice

St Luke, 1535-37 Oil on panel, 29.5 x 29.5 in Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

The Martyrdom of St Peter, 1526-28 Drawing Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Holy Trinity, circa 1530-1535 Ink and wash on paper, 15.2 x 11.4 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Singing and Dancing Putti Uffizi, Florence

Adoration of the Magi, 1520 Fresco Treviso Cathedral, Italy

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Giulio Romano

On August 29, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Giulio Romano, Italian artist and architect, about 1492/9–1546

Titian, Portrait of Giulio Romano, between c 1536-1538 Oil on canvas, 39.7 x 33.4 in // Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Mars Chasing Adonis from Venus's Pavilion, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Venus and Mars Bathing. 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Cupid and Psyche, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Old Woman and Vulcan, Tribute to Apollo, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Tribute to Apollo, 1526-28 Fresco Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Giulio Romano, Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga, 1531-34 Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white highlights, 9.8 x 12.5 in J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Allegory of the Virtues of Federico II Gonzaga, 1531-34 Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white highlights, 9.8 x 12.5 in // J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Nude Child with Open Arms Red chalk on white paper, 10.6 x 8.2 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Virgin and Child, 1520-22 Tempera on wood, 41.3 x 30.3 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The Circumcision, 1500-25 Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 45.3 x 48 in // Musée du Louvre, Paris

Coronation of the Virgin (Madonna of Monteluce), 1505-25 Oil on wood, 139.4 x 91.3 in // Pinacoteca, Vatican

The Lovers, c. 1525 Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, 64.2 x 132.7 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Margherita Paleologo, 1531 Oil on panel, 45.4 x 35.4 in // Royal Collection, UK

Detail from the Fall of the Giants, 1532-35 Fresco Sala dei Giganti, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

Walls of the Sala del Giganti, 1532-35 Fresco Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

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Andrea Palladio

On August 10, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, november 30

Andrea Palladio, Italian architect, November 30, 1508-August 19, 1580

Portrait of Andrea Palladio

Chiesa del Redentore/Church of the Redeemer, c 1592 Venice

Villa La Rotonda, 1591 Vicenza, Italy

Villa Godi, 1542 Lugo di Vicenza, Italy

Andrea Palladio, Basilica Palladiana Facade on Piazza dei Signori, begun 1546 Vicenza, Italy

Basilica Palladiana (Vicenza) - facade on Piazza dei signori

Palazzo Chiericati, begun 1550 Vicenza

Palazzo del Capitanio in Vicenza, 1565

Villa Cornaro at Piombino Dese, begun 1553

Villa Barbaro in Maser, from 1554 until 1560 Province of Treviso, Italy

Villa Foscari, also called La Malcontenta, mid 1550s Vicenza, Italy

Villa Badoer in Fratta Polesine, 1556-1563 Province of Rovigo, Italy,

Villa Valmarana, 1560s Bolzano Vicentino, Italy

Villa Saraceno, 1540s Agugliaro, Italy

Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore, begun 1561 Venice

Giampietrino

On August 8, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Giampietrino, Italian painter, active 1495–1549

Death of Cleopatra, from 1500 Edit this at Wikidata Oil and wood, 28.7 x 22.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Lucrezia Romana, c. 1500-1540 Oil on wood panel Chazen Museum of Art , Madison, Wisconsin

Mary Magdalene in Prayer

Ecce Homo Oil on panel, 24.4 x 19.7 in // Private collection

Leda With Her Children, between 1520s and late 1530s Oil on panel, 50.3 x 41.5 in Hessen Kassel Heritage, Germany

Repentant Mary Magdalene Oil on panel, 19.3 x 15.4 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome and Michael, 1530s Oil on panel, 24 x 29.1 in // Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Madonna with Child, 1520s Oil on canvas, 22.8 x 19.3 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Diana the Huntress, after 1526 Oil on panel, 44.8 x 23.2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Christ Carrying the Cross Oil on panel, 23.2 x 29.1 in // Museo Diocesano Milano

Salome, between circa 1510 and circa 1530 Oil on poplar wood, 27 x 22.5 in // National Gallery, London

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Giorgio Vasari

On July 30, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, july 30

Giorgio Vasari, Italian Renaissance painter, architect, art historian, and biographer, July 30, 1511 – June 27, 1574

Portrait of Giorgio Vasari, from 1571 until 1574 Oil and wood, 39.5 x 31.4 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Six Tuscan Poets, 1544 Oil on panel, 52.2 × 51.6 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Garden of Gethsemane, c. 1570? Oil on panel, 56.49 x 50 in // National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Pietà, circa 1550 Oil on panel, 68.5 x 51.1 in // Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai, France

The Bird Catchers Oil on canvas, 83.5 x 40.2 in // Private collection

Temptations of St Jerome, 1541 Oil on panel, 66.5 x 48.4 in // Palazzo Pitti, Florence

St Luke Painting the Virgin, after 1565 Fresco Santissima Annunziata, Florence

Justice, 1542 Oil on panel, 31.1 x 74 in) Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Allegory of Justice and Truth, 1543 Oil on panel, 11.5 ft x 99.2 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Giorgio Vasari, Studies of a Male Nude, a Drapery, and a Hand, c 1555 - 65 Red chalk, laid onto a piece of card, 14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California

Studies of a Male Nude, a Drapery, and a Hand, c 1555 - 65 Red chalk, laid onto a piece of card, 14 3/16 × 9 9/16 in // Getty Museum, Pacific Palisades, California

Sacrifice of Isaac, 1545-1546 Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

The Uffizi Loggia, Florence, 1560

Allegory of Patience, 1542 Oil on canvas, 30 x 66.5 in // Galleria dell'Academia, Venice

Allegory of Patience, 1552 Oil on canvas, 77.9 x 42.8 in // The Klesch Collection, London

Suicide of Judas, 1542 Oil on canvas Casa Vasari Museum, Arezzo

Bernardo Cavallino

On July 21, 2025 - 17th Century, Italian, nbd

Bernardo Cavallino, Italian painter, 1616–1656

The Spirit of Samuel Invoked by Saul, about 1650 - 1656 Oil on copper, 24.01 x 34.01 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Incredulity of St Thomas, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 18.8 x 14.1 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Saint Lawrence, between 1640 and 1645 Oil on canvas, 25.7 x 21 in // Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid

Adoration of the Magi, 1640 Oil on canvas, 39.96 x 50 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The Triumph of Galatea, circa 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.7 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

The Singer, between 1645 and 1650 Oil on canvas, 29.5 x 24.8 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Clavichord Player, first half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 31.4 x 25.5 in // Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon, France

Saint Catherine of Alexandria Oil on canvas, 48.5 x 38.25 in // Private collection

Saint Bartholomew, about 1640-1645 Oil on canvas, 69 x 49.2 in // National Gallery, London

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Dosso Dossi

On July 14, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Dosso Dossi, Italian painter, c. 1489–1542

Dosso Dossi, Self-Portrait

Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue, 1524 Oil on canvas, 43.8 x 59 in // Wawel Castle, Kraków, Poland

Portrait of Duke Alfonso I d'Este, between c 1534 and c 1536 Oil on canvas, 44.6 x 57.8 in // Galleria Estense, Modena, Italy

Circe and Her Lovers in a Landscape, c 1514-1516 Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 53.5 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Apollo and Daphne, 1524 Oil on canvas, 13 yd x 46.4 in // Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Three Ages of Humans Oil on canvas, 30 1/2 x 44 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Lucretia, c. 1520 Oil on panel, 20 3/8 x 16 in // National Gallery, Washington DC

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