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Cecilia Beaux

On May 3, 2026 - 19th Century, 20th Century, American, may 1

Cecilia Beaux, American artist, May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942

Cecilia Beaux, 1888

A Little Girl by Cecilia Beaux, 1887

Oil on canvas, 36 x 29 3/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

A Breton Woman and Other Studies, 1888

Oil on canvas, 15 x 10 5/8 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Twilight Confidences, 1888

Oil on canvas, 23 1/2 x 28 in //

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens

Landscape with Farm Building, Concarneau, France, 1888

Oil on canvas, 11 1/16 x 14 3/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Beach Haven, New Jersey, 1889 - 1890

Oil on canvas, 6 1/16 x 8 9/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Ernesta/Child with Nurse, 1894

Oil on canvas, 50.5 x 38 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

New England Woman, 1895

Oil on canvas, 43 x 24 1/4 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Dorothea and Francesca/The Dancing Lesson, 1898

Oil on canvas, 80.1 x 45.9 in //

Art Institute of Chicago

Sita and Sarita, 1896

Oil on canvas, 37 x 25 in //

National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Mrs Robert Chapin and Daughter Christina, 1902

Oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in //

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Ithaca, NY

A Young Woman, 1909

Oil on canvas, 29 9/16 x 22 1/16 in //

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Georges Clemenceau, 1920

Oil on canvas, 46 7⁄8 x 36 3⁄4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

The Green Cloak, 1925

Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt

On May 3, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Dutch, may 1

Michiel Jansz. van Mierevelt, Dutch artist, May 1, 1566 - June 27, 1641

Willem Jacobsz Delff, after Anthony van Dyck

Portrait of Michiel Jansz. Mierevelt, 1610 and 1625

Engraving, 10.3 x 7.7 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Philip William, Prince of Orange, 1608

Oil on canvas, 48.1 x 42.6 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of Ambrogio Spinola, 1609

Oil on canvas, 46.8 x 34.4 in //

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Portrait of a Lady in a Black Dress and White Lace Collar, 1612

Oil on canvas, 24.4 x 24.6 in //

Private collection

Portrait of Frederick V of the Palatinate, 1613

Oil on copper, 10.9 x 9 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Portrait of a lady of the van Beijeren van Schagen Family, 1620

Oil on canvas, 24.8 x 20 in //

Museo del Prado, Madrid

Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia and Electress Palatine, c 1623

Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 23.5 in //

National Portrait Gallery, London

Portrait of Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau, Prince of Orange-Nassau, 1620- 1624

Oil on panel, 43.9 x 33.4 in //

Prinsenhof, Delft

Portrait of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, 1625 - 1626

Oil on panel, 2.7 x 2.2 in //

Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide

Self-Portrait Painting His Grandson, 1640 - 1641

Oil on panel, 34.2 x 26.1 in //

Prinsenhof, Delft

Portrait of an Unknown Man

The Georgium, Dessau, Germany

Portrait of a Lady with a Lace Collar and Pearls, before 1641

Oil on panel, 27.5 x 22.7 in //

Private collection

Portrait of Louise de Coligny

Oil on copper, 11 x 9 in //

Mauritshuis, The Hague

Romaine Brooks

On May 2, 2026 - 20th Century, American, may 1

Romaine Brooks, American painter, May 1, 1874 – December 7, 1970

The Charwoman, 1904

Oil on canvas, 30 3/8 x 40 1/2 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

The Green Silk Jacket, 1907

Oil on canvas, 63 7/8 x 45 1/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Lady in Mourning, c 1910

Oil on canvas, 36 1/8 x 24 1/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

White Azaleas, 1910

Oil on canvas, 59 1/2 x 107 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Gabriele d'Annunzio, the Poet in Exile, 1912

Oil on canvas, 45.7 x 37.4 in //

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Jean Cocteau at the time of the Ferris Wheel, 1912

Oil on canvas, 98.4 x 52.4 in //

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

The Cross of France, 1914

Oil on canvas, 45 3⁄4 x 33 1⁄2 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

At the Seaside (Self-Portrait), 1914

Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 26.8 in //

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

The White Goat (Portrait of Elsie de Wolfe, c 1915

Oil on canvas, 27.2 x 23.2 in //Romaine Brooks,

National Museum of Modern Art, Paris

Renata Borgatti, at the Piano, 1920

Oil on canvas, 55 7/8 x 74 1/4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Self-Portrait, 1923

Oil on canvas, 46 1/4 x 26 7/8 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Peter (A Young English Girl), 1923 - 1924

Oil on canvas, 36 1⁄8 x 24 1⁄2 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

Duke Uberto Strozzi, 1961

Oil on canvas, 45 3/8 x 39 1/4 in //

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

George Inness

On May 1, 2025 - 19th Century, American, may 1

George Inness, American landscape painter, May 1, 1825 – August 3, 1894

George Inness, 1890

Across the Campagna, 1872

Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on off-white wove paper, 6.8 x 10.3 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Dolomites, 1873

Watercolor, gouache and graphite pencil on paper, 9 x 11.7 in //

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford

Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts, 1875 Oil on canvas, 38 x 63 1/8 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Old Apple Trees, c 1880 - 1885

Watercolor and gouache on paper, 10 x 12.9 in //

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth

Looking over the River, 1886

Oil on canvas, 15.2 x 19.2 in //

Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia

The Mill Stream, Montclair, New Jersey, circa 1888 Oil on canvas, 30.5 in x 45 in // Minneapolis Institute of Art

Moonrise, 1887

Oil on canvas, 20.2 x 30.5 in //

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Spring Blossoms, Montclair, New Jersey, c 1891

Oil on canvas, 30 x 45 in //

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Edge of the Forest, 1891

Oil and crayon or charcoal on canvas, 29 x 45 1/4 in //

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Home at Montclair, 1892 Oil on canvas, 30.1 inx 45 in // Clark Art Institute, Willaimstown, Massachusetts

Early Morning, Tarpon Springs, 1892

Oil on canvas, 42 3/16 × 32 3/8 in //

Art institute of Chicago

In the Gloaming, 1893

Oil on canvas, 22 × 27 1/4 in //

Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, New Hampshire

Albrecht Dūrer

On March 12, 2025 - 16th Century, German, may 1

Albrecht Dürer, German artist, May 1, 1471-April 6, 1528

Portrait of the Artist Holding a Thistle, 1493 Oil and parchment on canvas, 22.2 x 17.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Portrait of the Artist's Father, c 1490

Oil on wood panel, 18.7 x 15.5 in //

Uffizi Gallery

Portrait of Dürer’s Mother Barbara, née Holper, c 1490

Oil on wood panel, 18.5 x 14 in //

Germanic National Museum, Nuremberg

Innsbruck Castle Courtyard, c. 1495 Watercolour and gouache, 13.18 in x 10.51 in // Albertina, Vienna

View of the Arco Valley, 1495

Watercolor paint and highlight, 8.7 x 8.7 in //

Louvre Museum, Paris

Bath House, circa 1496 Woodcut print on paper, 15.4 in x 11.1 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Self-portrait at 26, 1498
Oil on panel, 20 in × 16 in //
Museo del Prado, Madrid

Feast of the Rosary, 1506 Oil on panel, 63.7 x 75.5 in // National Gallery Prague

Bust of a Young Venetian Woman, 1505

Oil on panel, 12.7 x 9.6 in //

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Portrait of a Young Venetian Woman, 1506

Oil on wood panel, 11.2 x 8.4 in //

Gemäldegalerie Berlin

Head of an Old Man, 1521

Brush, black and gray ink, heightened with white body color, on paper, 16.3 x 11.1 in //

Albertina, Vienna

Emperor Maximilian I, 1519 Oil on lime panel, 29.1 in x 24.2 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

A Man in a Fur Coat, 1521

Oil on wood panel, 19.9 x 12.9 in //

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Column of Victory for the Subjugation of the Peasants, 1525 Woodcut, 10 7/16 x 7 11/16 in Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts