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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

Saint Agatha, c 1635
Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 39.7 in
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 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

David with the Head of Goliath, c 1635
Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 45 in
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Martyrdom of St Sebastian, c 1640
Oil on canvas, 50.9 x 39.9 in
Private collection

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Martyrdom of St Agatha, between c 1635 and c 1640 Oil on canvas, 48 x 62.5 in Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Martyrdom of St Agatha, c 1635 – 1640
Oil on canvas, 48 x 62.5 in
Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, 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

The Triumph of David, c 1645 – 1650
Oil on canvas, 83.4 x 99.6 in
Museum of Art and History Geneva

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Saint Stephen Taken to his Martyrdom, between 1630 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 47.2 in Private collection

Saint Stephen Taken to his Martyrdom, 1630 – 1670
Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 47.2 in
Private collection

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

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, between 1630 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 47.2 in Private collection

The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, 1630 – 1670
Oil on canvas, 38.1 x 47.2 inPrivate collection

Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, Saint Rosalie of Palermo, between 1630 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 70.4 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Rosalie of Palermo, 1630 – 1670
Oil on canvas, 89.7 x 70.4 in
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Cecilia, before 1670
Oil on canvas, 27.9 x 23.8 in
Private collection

Carlo Saraceni

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

Carlo Saraceni, 1579 – June 16, 1620, was a Venetian painter. He trained in Venice before moving to Rome, probably in 1598, where he came under the influence of Adam Elsheimer, Caravaggio, and Caravaggio’s followers.

Saraceni worked in Rome on small paintings on copper as well as larger canvases. He also worked for the ducal court in Mantua in 1613 and was a member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome by 1616.

Saraceni returned to Venice about 1619 and died there in 1620. His works are held by institutions including the National Gallery, London; the Alte Pinakothek, Munich; the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; and the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.

Anonymous, Portrait of Carlo Saraceni

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

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

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

Vision of Saint Francis, c 1615
Oil on canvas, 95.8 × 65.9 in
Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c 1610–1615
Oil on canvas, 35.4 × 31.1 in
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Saint Sebastian, c 1610–1616
Oil on canvas
Prague Castle, Czech Republic

Penitent Magdalene, c 1614
Oil on canvas, 39 × 29.3 in
Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice

Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, 1609–1610
Oil on copper, 11.2 × 13.8 in
National Gallery, London

The Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia, c 1610
Oil on canvas, 53.5 × 38.9 in
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Virgin Mary with Child Jesus, Saint Anne and Angel, 1600s
Oil on canvas, 36.4 × 50 in
National Museum in Warsaw

Chained Andromeda, 1598–1600
Oil on panel, 10.2 × 8.6 in
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

A Seated Man Recoiling
Oil on canvas, 25.5 × 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, October 4, 1657 – April 3, 1747, was an Italian painter and architect associated with Naples. He was born at Canale di Serino and received his early artistic training from his father, the painter Angelo Solimena.

Solimena worked for churches and patrons in Naples and elsewhere, producing frescoes, altarpieces, easel paintings, mythological scenes, portraits, and drawings. He directed a large workshop and taught artists including Francesco de Mura, Corrado Giaquinto, and Giuseppe Bonito.

He died at Barra, near Naples, in 1747. His work is represented in major collections including the Museo del Prado, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kunsthistorisches Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Hagar and Ishmael in the Desert Comforted by the Angel, c 1690
Oil on canvas, 57.1 × 82.3 in
Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano, Naples

Venus at the Forge of Vulcan, 1704
Oil on canvas, 80.9 × 60.5 in
Getty Center, Los Angeles

Portrait of a Woman, after 1705
Oil on canvas, 50.8 × 39.4 in
Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Diana and Endymion, 1705–1710
Oil on canvas, 70.5 × 91.7 in
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool

The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas, c 1712–1714
Oil on canvas, 119.3 × 126.4 in
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Madonna and Child, c 1720
Oil on canvas, 25.4 × 18.9 in
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Bacchus and Ariadne, c 1725
Oil on copper, 14 × 19 in
Private Collection

Charles VI and Gundacker Count Althann, 1728
Oil on canvas, 121.7 × 111.8 in
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Saint John the Baptist, c 1730
Oil on canvas, 32.7 × 27.6 in
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Francesco Solimena, Allegorical Figure of Study, 1657–1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5.7 × 7.8 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Allegorical Figure of Study, 1657–1747
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 5.7 × 7.8 in
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Francesco Solimena, The Continence of Scipio, 1657–1747 Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16.6 × 22.3 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Continence of Scipio, 1657–1747
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, over black chalk, 16.6 × 22.3 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, 10.1 × 6.6 in 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, 10.1 × 6.6 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

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

The Circumcision, 1500 – 1525
Oil on wood transferred to canvas, 45.3 x 48 in
Louvre Museum, Paris

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

Coronation of the Virgin / Madonna of Monteluce, 1505 – 1525
Oil on wood, 139.4 x 91.3 in
Pinacoteca, Vatican

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

Virgin and Child, 1520 – 1522
Tempera on wood, 41.3 x 30.3 in
Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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

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

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

Mars Chasing Adonis from Venus’s Pavilion, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

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

Venus and Mars Bathing, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

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

Cupid and Psyche, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

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

Old Woman and Vulcan, Tribute to Apollo, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

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

Tribute to Apollo, 1526 – 1528
Fresco
Sala di Psiche, Palazzo del Tè, Mantua

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

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 – 1534
Pen and brown ink, black chalk and white highlights, 9.8 x 12.5 in
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles