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Giovanni Battista Moroni

On May 21, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian painter, circa 1520-1524 – February 5, 1578

Portrait of a Man, n.d. Oil on canvas, 22 in x 17.8 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Portrait of a Lady/The Lady in Red, between circa 1556 and circa 1560 Oil on canvas, 61 x 42 in // National Gallery, London

The Tailor, from 1565 until 1570 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 30.3 in // National Gallery, London

Lady in a Red Dress, 1560 Oil on canvas, 53.1 x 35.4 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Giovanni Battista Moroni, A Knight with his Jousting Helmet, about 1554-8 Oil on canvas National Gallery, London

A Knight with his Jousting Helmet, about 1554-8 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 41.7 in National Gallery, London

Giovanni Battista Moroni, Don Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque, Spanish Governor of Milan, 1560 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 35.7 in Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Don Gabriel de la Cueva, Duke of Albuquerque, Spanish Governor of Milan, 1560 Oil on canvas, 45.2 x 35.7 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of Isotta Brembati Grumelli, 1552 Oil on canvas, 62.9 x 45.2 in // Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo, Italy

Portrait of Alessandro Vittoria, between 1552 and 1553 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 25.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Bartolommeo Bonghi, shortly after 1553 Oil on canvas, 40 x 32.2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Gian Lodovico Madruzzo,before 1552 Oil on canvas, 78.6 x 45.6 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of Prospero Alessandri, 1560 Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 33 in // Liechtenstein Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Man holding a Letter, circa 1570 Oil on canvas, 35 x 28.5 in // National Gallery, London

The Knight in Black, 1567 Oil on canvas, 75 x 40 in // Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

"Titian's Schoolmaster", circa 1575 Oil on canvas, 38 1/8 x 29 1/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Portrait of a Soldier, between 1555 and 1559 Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 35.8 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Vestal Virgin Tuccia, circa 1555 Oil on canvas, 60 x 34.2 in // National Gallery, London

Titian

On May 20, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian

Tiziano Vecellio, Italian painter, c. 1477/88/90 – August 27, 1576

Self-Portrait, circa 1562 Oil on canvas, 33.8 in x 25.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Man Holding a Flute, ca. between 1560 and 1565 Oil on canvas, 39.4 in x 30.5 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1570 Oil on canvas, 44.4 in x 37.5 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Francis I, King of France, in Profile Oil on canvas, 3.6 x 2.9 ft // Louvre, Paris

Ecce Homo, 1547 Oil on slate, 27.1 x 22 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Gerolamo (?) Barbarigo, circa 1510 Oil on canvas, 31.9 x 26.1 in // National Gallery, London

Woman with a Mirror, circa 1515 Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 29.9 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

La Schiavona, between circa 1510 and circa 1512 Oil on canvas, 47 x 37.9 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of Federico II Gonzaga, circa 1525 Oil on canvas, 49.2 × 39 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Burial of Christ, 1572 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 66.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Jerome in Penitence, between 1556 and 1561 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 49.2 in // Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

David and Goliath, between 1542 and 1544 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 112.2 in // Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

Pietà, between 1575 and 1576 Oil on canvas, 11.5 x 11.4 ft // Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

The Rape of Europa, between 1560 and 1562 Oil on canvas, 70 × 80.7 in // Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Bacchus and Ariadne, between 1520 and 1523 Oil on canvas, 69.4 x 75.1 in // National Gallery, London

Danaë, circa 1545 Oil on canvas, 46 x 27.1 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Diana and Actaeon, from 1556 until 1569 Oil on canvas, 72.6 x 79.6 in // National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh

Andrea del Sarto

On May 11, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, july 16

Andrea del Sarto, Italian painter, July 16, 1486 – September 29, 1530

Self-portrait, 1528

Portrait of a Sculptor, c 1524 Oil on linen, 28.3 x 22.4 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Portrait of a Man, from 1528 until 1530 Oil on canvas, 26.2 x 19.8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Pietà with Saints, between 1523 and 1524 Oil on panel, 94 x 78.3 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

Madonna of the Harpies, 1517 Oil on panel, 81.4 x 70 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Head of Saint John the Baptist, circa 1523 Black chalk on paper laid down on panel, 13 x 9 1/8 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Assumption of the Virgin, 1530 Oil on panel, 10.1 ft x 80.7 in // Galleria Palatina, Florence

S Filippo Benizi's Death and Child restored to Life (detail), c 1509 Fresco SS Annunziata, Chiostrino dei Voti, Florence

Birth of the Virgin (detail), 1509-10 Fresco SS Annunziata, Chiostrino dei Voti, Florence

Leda and the swan, circa 1490 Oil on wood, 40.1 in x 29.9 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Mino da Fiesole

On May 7, 2025 - 15th Century, Italian

Domenico Ghirlandaio

On May 5, 2025 - 15th Century, Italian, june 2

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist, June 2, 1448-January 11, 1494

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Self-portrait

Adoration of the Shepherds, between 1483 and 1485 Oil on panel, 65.7 x 65.7 in // Basilica of the Holy Trinity, Florence

Stigmata of St Francis, between 1482 and 1485 Fresco Santa Trinità, Florence

Last Supper (detail), circa 1486 Fresco Basilica of St. Mark, Florence

Saint John, Fresco Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Cappella Tornabuoni

Study of Garments Brush drawing on paper, 11.41 in x 5.11 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Preaching of St. John the Baptist, 1486 - 1490 Fresco Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, Cappella Tornabuoni

Study of Two Women, c.1486 Ink on paper Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy

Portrait of a Young Woman, c.1490 Tempera on wood, 17.3 x 12.6 in Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal

Study, c. 1486 Pen and ink on white paper, 8.6 x 6.6 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Study, c. 1486 Ink on paper, 10.2 x 6.7 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Domenico Ghirlandaio, Bust-Length Woman Wearing a Coif, 1489-90 Black chalk on cream-coloured paper, 14.4 x 8.7 in Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, UK

Bust-Length Woman Wearing a Coif, 1489-90 Black chalk on cream-coloured paper, 14.4 x 8.7 in // Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, UK

Adoration of the Magi, 1488 Tempera on wood, 112.2 x 94.5 in // Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence

Adoration of the Magi (detail), 1488 Tempera on wood Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence

St John the Evangelist on the Island of Patmos (detail), 1480-85 Tempera on panel Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Portrait of Giovanna Tornabuoni, 1488 Tempera on wood, 29.9 x 19.7 in // Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

Francesco Sassetti and His Son Teodoro II, c. 1490 Tempera on wood, 29.9 x 20.1 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ, late 15th century Fresco, 112 x 59 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Birth of St John the Baptist, between 1486 and 1490 Fresco Tornabuoni Chapel, Santa Maria Novella, Florence

Annibale Carracci

On April 29, 2025 - 17th Century, Italian, november 3

Annibale Carracci, Italian painter, November 3, 1560-July 16, 1609

Self-Portrait, circa 1580 Oil on canvas, 17.7 x 13.7 in // Private collection

Portrait of an African Woman Holding a Clock, circa 1580s Medium oil on canvas, 23.6 x 15.5 in // Private collection

Christ and the Woman of Samaria, second half of 16th century Oil on canvas, 66.9 x 88.5 in // Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Annibale Carracci, Christ Wearing the Crown of Thorns, Supported by Angels, between 1585 and 1587 Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 39.3 in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Christ Wearing the Crown of Thorns, Supported by Angels, between 1585 and 1587 Oil on canvas, 33.4 x 39.3 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way, between 1601 and 1602 Oil on panel, 30.4 x 22.1 in // National Gallery, London

Boy Drinking, 1582–83 Oil on canvas, 21 15/16 x 17 3/16 in // Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of an Old Man, circa 1590 Oil on canvas, 15.51 x 10.98 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne (detail), 1595-1605 Fresco Galleria Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome

A Sea God Abducts a Woman (detail), 1597-1602 Fresco Galleria Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Perseus Fighting with Phineus (detail), 1597-1602 Fresco Galleria Farnese, Palazzo Farnese, Rome

Annibale Carracci, Venus with a Satyr and Cupids, c. 1588 Oil on canvas, 112 x142 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Venus with a Satyr and Cupids, c. 1588 Oil on canvas, 44.1 x 55.9 in Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Guido Reni

On April 28, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, november 4

Guido Reni, Italian painter, November 4, 1575 – August 18, 1642

Catalogue Raisonné, 1984

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist Oil on canvas, 48 x 37 in // Oxford Town Hall, UK

Atalanta and Hippomenes, 1618-1619 Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 109.8 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Adoration of the Shepherds, after 1640 Oil on panel Columbus Museum of Art

Ecce Homo, 1639

Saint Joseph, n.d. Drawing, 9.4 x 8.7 in

St. Francis c.1610

Angels in Glory (after Luca Cambiaso) , c. 1607 Etching Cleveland Museum of Art

Reclining Venus with Cupid, circa 1639 Oil on canvas , 53.5 in x 68.5 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

David with the Head of Goliath, after 1605 Oil on canvas, 51.6 x 38.6 in // National Museum in Warsaw, Poland

Portrait of the Artist`s Mother, c.1632 Oil on canvas, 25.2 x 21.7 in // National Art Gallery of Bologna

St Jerome, c.1635 Oil on canvas, 93.5 in x 70.2 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

St Cecilia, 1606 Oil on canvas, 37.8 x 29.9 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

St John the Evangelist Reading, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 20.9 × 24.8 in // Liechtenstein Princely Collections, Vienna

St Mary Magdalene Oil on panel, 26.4 × 18.9 in // Liechtenstein Princely Collections, Vienna

Allegory of Fortune, Holding a Crown Oil on canvas, 64 ¾ x 51 5/8 in // Private collection

David Decapitates Goliath, 1607 Oil on canvas, 68.7 x 52.3 in // Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, German

Sacred Love and Profane Love Oil on canvas, 52 x 64.2 in // Palazzo Spinola, Genoa

The Infant Christ Asleep on the Cross Oil on canvas, 18.5 x 24 in // Liechtenstein Princely Collections, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Jacopo Ligozzi

On April 27, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Sandro Botticelli

On April 24, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, march 1

Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter, March 1, 1445-May 17, 1510

Christ Carrying the Cross, circa 1490 Tempera on canvas, 52.1 in x 42 in // Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick

The Last Communion of Saint Jerome, early 1490s Tempera and gold on wood, 13 1/2 x 10 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Resurrected Christ, ca. 1480 Paint on wood panel (transferred), 18 × 11 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Sandro Botticelli, Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels, between 1475 and 1480 Egg tempera with some oil on wood, 19.4 x 12.5 in National Gallery, London

Saint Francis of Assisi with Angels, between 1475 and 1480 Egg tempera with some oil on wood, 19.4 x 12.5 in // National Gallery, London

Mary with the Child and Singing Angels, circa 1480 Oil on poplar panel, 53.7 in round // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Lamentation over the Dead Christ, before 1492 Oil, tempera and plaster on poplar panel, 55.1 in x 81.4 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

The Outcast, c 1480 (from the Life of Esther)ta Tempera on panel, 18.5 x 16.9 in // Palazzo Pallavicini-Rospigliosi, Rome

The Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, circa 1495 Tempera on panel, 42.1 x 27.9 in // Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

The Return of Judith to Bethulia, 1470 Tempera on panel, 12.2 x 9.4 in // Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Venus and Mars, circa 1483 Tempera on panel, 27.1 x 68.3 in // National Gallery, London

Ludovico Carracci

On April 21, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian

Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter, 21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619

St. Sebastian Thrown into the Cloaca Maxima, 1612 Oil on canvas, 65.74 in x 91.73 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Transfiguration ,1595 Oil on canvas, 172 in × 105 in // Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy

Bargellini Madonna, 1588 Oil on canvas, 111 x 74 in // Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Italy

Portrait of a Man, 17th Century Oil on canvas Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

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