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Jacopo Ligozzi

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

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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

Lavinia Fontana

On April 20, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, august 24, Italian

Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter, August 24, 1552–August 11, 1614

Self-Portrait in the Studio, 1579 Oil on canvas Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Lavinia Fontana, Antonietta Gonzales, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 22.4 in x 18.1 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, France

Antonietta Gonzales, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 22.4 in x 18.1 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, France Antonietta Gonzales, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 22.4 in x 18.1 in Musée des Beaux-Arts de Blois, France

Christ appears to Mary Magdalen, 1581 Oil on canvas, 31.4 in x 25.5 in Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Portrait of Bianca degli Utili Maselli and Her Children, before 1614 Oil on canvas. 39 x 52.6 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Portrait of Costanza Alidosi, circa 1595 Oil on canvas, 61.9 in x 47.3 in // National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

Self-portrait at the Virginal with a Servant, 1577 Oil on canvas, 10.62 × 9.44 in Accademia di San Luca, Rome

Lorenzo Lotto

On April 6, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Lorenzo Lotto, Italian painter, 1480-1556

Lorenzo Lotto, Presumed self-portrait, c 1540

Portrait of a young man, c 1526 Oil on paper, 18.5 in x 14.5 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of a Woman, c.1506 Oil on wood, 14.2 x 11 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

Portrait of a Gentleman with a Lion Paw, c. 1524–1525 Oil on canvas, 37.6 in × 27.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Mystic Marriage of St Catherine of Alexandria with Niccoló Bonghi, 1523 Oil on panel, 74 in × 53 in // Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

Portrait of a Man with a Felt Hat, 1541 Oil on paper, 22.8 x 18.5 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Madonna with St. Roch and St. Sebastian, 1522 Oil on wood, 32.2 in × 42.7 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Lorenzo Lotto, Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of Siena, 1524 Oil on wood, 45.3 x 38.6 in National Gallery of Ancient Art (GNAA), Rome

Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Catherine of Siena, 1524 Oil on wood, 45.3 x 38.6 in // National Gallery of Ancient Art (GNAA), Rome

St. Lucia in Prayer, 1532 Oil on wood, 12.6 x 9.8 in // Jesi Municipal Art Gallery, Italy

Madonna of the Rosary, 1539 Oil on canvas, 12.5 ft x 103.9 in // Chiesa di San Domenico, Cingoli, Marche, Italy

St Christopher, 1531 Oil on canvas, 63.7 in x 22.4 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Portrait of Giovanni Agostino della Torre and his son Niccolò, 1515 Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 26.9 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of Andrea Odoni, 1527 Oil on canvas, 41 in × 45.9 in // Royal Collection, Buckingham Palace, London

Architect, c.1535 Oil on canvas, 41x 32 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

The Woman Taken in Adultery, 1520s Oil on canvas, 48.8 in x 61.4 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Christ Carrying the Cross, 1526 Oil on canvas, 25.9 x 23.6 in // Louvre, Paris

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Leonardo da Vinci

On April 2, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, april 15, Italian

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist, April 15, 1452-May 2, 1519

Presumed Self-portrait, circa 1512 Sanguine on paper, 13.1 in x 8.3 in // Royal Library of Turin, Italy

Leonardo da Vinci, Study sheet with cats, dragon and other animals, between 1513 and 1515 Pen, ink, black chalk on paper, 10.66 in x 8.03 in Royal Library at Windsor Castle, UK

Study sheet with cats, dragon and other animals, between 1513 and 1515 Pen, ink, black chalk on paper, 10.66 in x 8.03 in // Royal Library at Windsor Castle, UK

Crossbow Machine, c.1481 Ink on paper Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy

Study for an equestrian monument, c.1485 - c.1490 Metalpoint on blue prepared paper, 5.98 in x 7.40 in // Royal Collection, UK

Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, between 1480 and 1482 Oil on panel, 40.5 in x 29.5 in // Pinacoteca Vaticana

Leonardo da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks, between circa 1491 and circa 1499 and from 1506 until 1508 Oil on poplar wood (cradled panel), 74.6 x 47.2 in National Gallery, London

Virgin of the Rocks, between circa 1491 and circa 1499 and from 1506 until 1508 Oil on poplar wood (cradled panel), 74.6 x 47.2 in // National Gallery, London

Virgin of the Rocks, between 1483 and 1486 Oil on canvas, 78.3 x 48 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Luca Giordano

On April 2, 2025 - 17th Century, 18th Century, Italian, october 18

Luca Giordano, Italian painter, October 18, 1634 – January 3, 1705

Self-portrait, circa 1692 Oil on canvas 24.8 in x 19.2 in // Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples

Triumph of the Medici in the Clouds of Mount Olympus, 1684–1686 Fresco Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence

A mathematician, 17th century Oil on canvas, 50.3 in x 40.1 in // National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires

Luca Giordano, Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, 17th century Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down, 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Saint Theresa and Saint John of the Cross, 17th century Black chalk and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, laid down, 8 3/4 × 6 1/8 in /// Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Martyrdom of Saint Bartolomeo, circa 1660 Oil on canvas // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Allegory of Magnanimity, circa 1670 Oil on canvas, 70.9 in x 70.9 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1665 Oil on canvas, 165 in × 111 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Ecstasy of Saint Mary Magdalene, between 1660 and 1665 Oil on canvas // Hispanic Society of America, New York

The Resurrection, after 1665 Oil on canvas, 44.8 in x 45.6 in // Residenzgalerie Salzburg, Austria

The Death of Archimedes Oil on canvas, 69 x 87 in // National Trust Collections, UK

Four Women Making Music, 1658-1660 Oil on canvas, 22.5 in x 40 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Democritus and Heraclitus, 17th century Oil on canvas, 28 x 22 in // Private Collection

Psyche's Parents Offering Sacrifice to Apollo, between circa 1695 and circa 1697 Oil on canvas, 22.1 in x 27.2 in // Royal Collection, UK

Entombment of Christ, ca. between 1659 and 1660 Oil on canvas, 83 1/2 × 62 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Art

St. Michael, circa 1663 Oil on canvas, 77.9 x 57.8 in // Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Neptune Triumphant Red chalk and red chalk wash on paper, 7 3/4 x 15 3/8 in // Morgan Library, New York

A Glory of Angels, ca. 1650–69 Pen and brown ink, brown wash, over black chalk sketch, 15 1/4 x 19 5/16 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Saint Anne Received by the Virgin and Christ Etching National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Neptune and Amphitrite Fresco Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence

Rubens Painting ‘The Allegory of Peace’, c 1660 Oil on canvas, 11 x 13.5 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Creation of Man, 1684-1686 Fresco Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence

The Rape of Lucretia, 1663 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 73.6 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Two Apostles, before 1705 Red chalk on cream laid paper // Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

The Descent from the Cross, c 1659 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 68.1 in // Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain

The Entombment of Christ, 1655 Oil on canvas Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Prometheus, second half of 17th century Oil on canvas, 73.5 × 62.9 in // National Museum in Warsaw

Fra Angelico

On April 1, 2025 - 15th Century, 16th Century, Italian, nbd

Fra Angelico, Italian painter, c 1495-1555

Posthumous portrait, from The Preaching of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli (c. 1501) in Orvieto Cathedral, Italy

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, between 1447 and 1449 Fresco, 106.6 in x 92.9 in // Niccoline Chapel, Vatican City

Angel of the Annunciation, between 1450 and 1455 Gold leaf and tempera on wood panel, 13 × 10 5/8 inches // Detroit Institute of Art

Entombment, between 1438 and 1440 Tempera on wood, 14.9 in x 18.1 in // Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Annunciation, from 1438 until 1450 Fresco, 90.5 x 116.9 in // Museum of San Marco, Florence

San Marco Altarpiece, 1438–1443 Tempera on wood, 87 × 89 in // Museum of San Marco, Florence

St Lawrence Distributing Alms (detail), between 1447 and 1450 Fresco Niccoline Chapel, Vatican City

Fra Bartolomeo

On March 28, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, march 28

Fra Bartolomeo, Italian painter, 28 March 1472 – 31 October 1517

Presumed portrait of Fra Bartolomeo

Vision of St Bernard with Sts Benedict and John the Evangelist, 1504 Oil on panel, 83.8 x 86.6 in / Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, circa 1497-1498 Oil on panel, 18.5 × 12.2 in / Museum of San Marco, Florence

Pietà, 1516 Oil on wood, 62.2 x 78.3 in Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Raphael Sanzio

On March 28, 2025 - 16th Century, Italian, march 28

Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), Italian painter and architect, March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520

Presumed self-portrait of Raphael

The Deposition, 1507 Oil on panel, 68.7 x 70.2 in / Galleria Borghese, Rome

Raphael, The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Part of Raphael Cartoons, c.1515 - c.1516 Bodycolour over charcoal on many sheets of paper, mounted on canvas, 10.46 ft x 13.09 ft Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Miraculous Draft of Fishes, Part of Raphael Cartoons, c.1515 - c.1516 Bodycolour over charcoal on many sheets of paper, mounted on canvas, 10.46 ft x 13.09 ft / Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Young Man Carrying an Old Man on His Back, circa 1514 Sanguine on paper Albertina, Vienna

The Madonna of Loreto, c. 1511 Oil on panel, 47 in × 35 in // Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

Orleans Madonna, 1506 Oil on panel, 12.2 x 9 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Three Graces, circa 1504 Oil on panel, 6.6 x 6.6 in // Condé Museum, Chantilly, France

Vision of a Knight, circa 1504 Oil on poplar wood, 6.7 × 6.8 in // National Gallery, London

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