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Francisco de Zurbarán

On July 12, 2025 - 17th Century, november 7, Spanish

Francisco de Zurbarán, Spanish painter, November 7, 1598 - August 27, 1664

Francisco de Zurbarán, Saint Luke as a Painter Before Christ on the Cross, Probable Self-Portrait, c. 1635-1640 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 48 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Luke as a Painter Before Christ on the Cross, Probable Self-Portrait, c. 1635-1640 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 48 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Francisco Zumel, 1633 Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 48 in // Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion, 1628 Oil on canvas, 47.2 × 40.5 in // Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut

Hercules Fighting with the Lernaean Hydra , 1634 Oil on canvas, 53.5 x 65.7 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Saint Francis in Meditation, between 1635 and 1639 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 38.9 in // National Gallery, London

Still-life with Lemons, Oranges and Rose, 1633 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 42.1 in // Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Agnus Dei, between 1635 and 1640 Edit this at Wikidata Oil on canvas, 14.6 x 24.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Casilda, between 1630 and 1635 Oil on canvas, 67.3 x 42.1 in Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Saint Margaret of Antioch, between 1630 and 1634 Oil on canvas, 76.3 in x 44 in // National Gallery, London

Defence of Cadiz against the English, between 1634 and 1635 Oil on canvas, 118.8 x 10.5 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Elizabeth of Portugal, circa 1635 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 38.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Portrait of Marchesa Brigida Spinola Doria at age 58, 1642 Oil on canvas Private collection

St Hugh in the Refectory, circa 1655 Oil on canvas, 103.1 x 10 ft // Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

St Anthony Abbot, after 1640 Oil on canvas, 69.7 x 46.1 in // Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The Holy Family, 1659 Oil on canvas, 47.8 x 38.2 in // Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Portrait of the Duke of Medinaceli Oil on canvas Hospital of Tavera, Toledo

Diego Velásquez

On May 21, 2025 - 17th Century, june 6, Spanish

Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter, June 6, 1599–August 6, 1660

Diego Velázquez, Self-Portrait, 18 x 15 in, Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia

A Man, circa 1624 to 1626 Oil on canvas, 20 1/4 × 15 3/4 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

Kitchen Scene Oil on canvas, 21 7/8 × 41 1/8 in // Art Institute of Chicago

Head of a Man, c. 1616 Oil on canvas, 15.7 x 14.2 in // The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Old Woman Frying Eggs, 1618 Oil on canvas, 39.8 x 47.2 in // National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh

Head of a Girl, c. 1618 Chalk drawing, 5.9 x 4.6 in // Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

The Waterseller of Seville, 1623 Oil on canvas, 42 x 31.9 in // Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London

Los Borrachos, The Topers (The Triumph of Bacchus), c. 1629 Oil on canvas, 65 x 88.6 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Infanta Doña María, Queen of Hungary, 1630 Oil on canvas, 23.6 x 18.1 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Jusepe de Ribera

On May 5, 2025 - 17th Century, American, january 12, Spanish

Jusepe de Ribera, Spanish Painter, January 12, 1591 – September 2, 1652

An Old Man, ca. 1635 Oil on canvas, 21 1/2 × 19 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Denial of Saint Peter, 1616 Oil on canvas, 64.1 in x 91.7 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

The Deposition, 1625 Oil on canvas, 71.7 x 50 in // Louvre, Paris, France

Apollo Flaying Marsyas, 1637 Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 100.3 in // Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Joan Miró

On April 20, 2025 - 20th Century, Spanish

Joan Miró i Ferrà, Catalan artist, April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983

Prades, the Village, 1917 Oil on canvas, 25 5/8 x 28 5/8 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Painting, 1953 Oil on canvas, 6 feet 4 3/4 x 12 feet 4 3/4 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Signs and Meteors, 1958 Lithograph, 17 x 19 in // Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida

On March 27, 2025 - 19th Century, 20th Century, february 27, Spanish

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Spanish artist, February 27, 1863-August 10, 1923

Platinum print of Sorolla by Gertrude Käsebier, c. 1908

The Pink Robe, After the Bath, 1916 Oil on canvas, 81.8 in x 49.8 in Sorolla Museum, Madrid

Excerpts Oil on canvas, 28 x 20

Maria at La Granja, 1907 Oil on canvas, 67 1/8 x 33 1/2 in // San Diego Museum

The Skipping Rope, 1907 Oil on canvas, 41.3 in x 65.3 in // Sorolla Museum, Madrid

Valencian Fishermen, 1895 Oil on canvas, 25.5 x 34.2 in // National Gallery, London

El Greco

On March 26, 2025 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Greek, Spanish

El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), Greek painter, October 1, 1541 – April 7, 1614

Self-Portrait, 1595-1600 Oil on canvas, 21 x 18 in Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

St. Peter in Penitence, c.1585 Oil on canvas. 43 x 35 in Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, UK

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, c.1610 Oil on canvas, 42.5 x 32.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

The Penitent Mary Magdalene, between c 1576 and c 1577 Oil on canvas, 61.6 in x 47.6 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

The Adoration of the Name of Jesus, between 1577 and 1580 Oil on canvas, 55.1 in x 43.3 in // Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page, between 1585 and 1590 Oil on canvas, 47.2 x 37.7 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Disrobing of Christ, circa 1600 Oil on canvas, 50.7 x 62.9 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara, circa 1600 Oil on canvas, 67.2 x 42.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, before 1570 Oil on panel, 25 3/4 x 32 3/4 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

El Greco, The Holy Trinity, Part of Altarpiece of the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo El Antiguo, between circa 1577 and circa 1579 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 70.4 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Holy Trinity, Part of Altarpiece of the Church of the Monastery of Santo Domingo El Antiguo, between circa 1577 and circa 1579 Oil on canvas, 118.1 x 70.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

El Greco, Portrait of the Artist's Son Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos, between circa 1600 and circa 1605 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 20.2 in Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

Portrait of the Artist's Son Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos, between circa 1600 and circa 1605 Oil on canvas, 29.1 x 20.2 in // Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

Christ Healing the Blind, c 1570 Oil on canvas, 47 x 57 1/2 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, 1609 Oil on canvas, 44.13 x 33.89 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Saint Jerome, 1610 Oil on canvas Hispanic Society of America

El Greco, St Francis's Vision of the Flaming Torch, between 1600 and 1605 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 58.2 in Antiguo Hospital de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cádiz, Spain

St Francis's Vision of the Flaming Torch, between 1600 and 1605 Oil on canvas, 79.9 x 58.2 in // Antiguo Hospital de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, Cádiz, Spain

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest, circa 1580 Oil on canvas, 31.8 x 25.9 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Assumption of the Virgin, from 1577 until 1579 Oil on canvas, 13.22 ft x 83.38 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Disrobing of Christ, 1577–1579 Oil on canvas, 112 × 68 in // Sacristy of the Cathedral, Toledo

Christ Carrying the Cross, 1580s Oil on canvas, 41.3 x 31.1 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Juan Carreño de Miranda

On March 25, 2025 - 17th Century, march 25, Spanish

Juan Carreño de Miranda, Spanish painter, 25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685

Self-Portrait, about 1680

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, Dressed, ca. 1680 Oil on canvas, 65 x 42 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Eugenia Martínez Vallejo, Naked, ca. 1680 Oil on canvas, 65 x 42.5 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Mary Magdalene in Penitence, 1654 Oil on canvas, 86.6 in x 70.8 in Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo

On March 23, 2025 - 17th Century, Spanish

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Spanish painter, December 31, 1618 – March 28, 1682

Self-portrait, between 1668 and 1670 Oil on canvas, 48 x 42 in National Gallery, London

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX, circa 1645—1646 Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 73 1/4 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Blessed Giles Before Pope Gregory IX, circa 1645—1646 Oil on canvas, 65 1/2 x 73 1/4 in North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables, c. 1678 Oil on canvas, 108 in × 75 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Bartolomé Murillo, Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667 - 1670 Oil on canvas, 236 x 262 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667 - 1670 Oil on canvas, 92.5 x 103.1 in Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

Alonso Cano

On March 19, 2025 - 17th Century, march 19, Spanish

Alonso Cano Almansa or Alonzo Cano, Spanish painter, architect, and sculptor, 19 March 1601 – 3 September 1667

Alonso Cano, 1798

Ideal Portrait of a King of Spain, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 64.9 in x 49.2 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

John the Baptist, 1634 Polychrome wood, 47 in × 31 in × 35 in National Sculpture Museum, Valladolid, Spain

The Vision of St John the Evangelist, circa 1638 Oil on canvas, 32.6 x 17.3 in // The Wallace Collection, London

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

On March 12, 2025 - 19th Century, march 30, Spanish

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Spanish artist, 30 March 1746-6 April 1828

A bad night (Mala noche), plate 36 from "Los Caprichos", 1799 Etching, burnished aquatint, 8 7/16 x 5 7/8 in

Vicente López Portaña (1772–1850) Portrait of Francisco de Goya, 1826 Oil on canvas, 39.3 in x 30.7 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Maja and Celestina on the Balcony, between 1808 and 1812 Oil on canvas, 65.3 in x 42.5 in // Private collection

Trials, Caprichos No. 60, 1799 // Aquatint and etching

The Witches' Flight, 1798 Oil on canvas, 17.1 in x 12 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Arrest of Christ, 1788 Oil on canvas, 16 x 9 in // Toledo Cathedral, Spain

The Worst is to Beg, The Disasters of War, 1812 - 1815 Etching and lavis, 8 x 6

Here Comes the Bogey-Man, LosCaprichos - No 3, 1799 Etching and aquatint, 8.4 in x 5.9 in

Portrait of Andrés del Peral, before 1798 Oil on panel, 37.4 in x 25.8 in // National Gallery, London

Asensio Juliá, 1814 Oil on canvas, 28 3/4 x 22 3/4 in // The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts

Dona Amalia Bonells de Costa, 1805 Oil on canvas, 34.6 in x 25.9 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Duke of Wellington, between 1812 and 1814 Oil on canvas and on panel, 25.3 in x 20.6 in // National Gallery, London

Portrait of the Torero José Romero, c. 1795 Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 in // Philadelphia Museum of Art