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Luis Egidio Meléndez

On November 26, 2025 - 18th Century, Spanish

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Spanish painter, 1716–1780

Self-portrait Holding an Academic Study, 1746 Oil on canvas, 39.1 x 32.2 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Still Life with Ham Eggs and Vessels, 18th century Oil on canvas, 19.2 x 14.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still-Life with Oranges and Walnuts, 1772 Oil on canvas, 24 x 32 in // Unknown location

Still Life with Salmon, Lemon and Three Vessels, 1772 Oil on canvas, 16.1 in x 24.4 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Plums, Figs, Bread, Barrel, Jug, and Other Vessels, 18th century Oil on canvas, 13.7 x 18.8 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Fruit and Cheese, 1771 Oil on canvas, Height: 16 x 24 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Afternoon Meal, c 1772 Oil on canvas, 41.4 x 60.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Still Life with Small Pears, Bread, Flask, Bowl, and Dry Leaves, 1760 Oil on canvas, 18.8 x 13.6 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Still Life with Oranges, Honey-Jar, Boxes of Sweetmeats, and Watermelons, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 19 x 13.5 in Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Oranges, Honey-Jar, Boxes of Sweetmeats, and Watermelons, circa 1760 Oil on canvas, 19 x 13.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Still Life with Figs and Bread Oil on canvas, 18.74 x 13.38 in // National Gallery of Art, London

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Still Life, 1765-1775 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 23.2 Collection Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, Spain

Still Life, 1765-1775 Oil on canvas, 18.3 x 23.2 // Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid, Spain

Still Life with Tomatoes, a Bowl of Aubergines, and Onions, before 1780 Oil on canvas, 14.4 x 19.2 in // Unidentified location

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

Saint Peter and Saint Paul, c 1616 Oil on canvas, 49.6 x 44 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, France

Magdalena Ventura with Her Husband and Son, 1631 Oil on canvas, 83.4 x 56.6 in Museo Fundación Lerma, Toledo

Portrait of Don Juan José of Austria on Horseback, 1648 Oil on wood, 134.8 x 109 in // Royal Collections Gallery, Madrid

Martyrdom of St Lawrence, between 1620 and 1624 Oil on canvas, 81.18 x 60.82 in // National Gallery of Victoria, Australia

Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, 1628 Oil on canvas, 82.28 x 72.04 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Drunken Silenus, 1626 Oil on canvas, 72.8 x 90.1 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Ixion, 1632 Oil on canvas, 86.6 x 118.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Tityos, 1632 Oil on canvasm, 89.4 x 118.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Study of Bat & Ears, c 1622 Red chalk & wash, 6.3 x 10.9 in // Metropolitan Museum Art, New York

Head of a Satyr, c 1625 –30 Red chalk, 11.9 x 8.3 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Acrobats on the Rope, 1634/1635 Drawing and watercolor Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Madrid

Large Grotesque Head, between 1617 and 1627 Etching, 5.6 x 8.5 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Joan Miró

On April 20, 2025 - 20th Century, april 20, 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, december 31, 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

The Marriage Feast at Cana, c 1672 Oil on canvas, 70.4 x 92.5 in // Barber Institute of Fine Arts, Birmingham, UK

The Immaculate Conception of El Escorial, between 1660 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 81.1 x 56.6 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Apparition of the Virgin to San Ildefonso, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 10.1 ft x 101.9 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Isidor of Sevilla, 1655 Oil on canvas, 64.9 x 75.9 in // Seville Cathedral

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Abraham Receiving the Three Angels, between c 1670 and c 1674 Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 102.9 in National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Abraham Receiving the Three Angels, between c 1670 and c 1674 Oil on canvas, 92.9 x 102.9 in // National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, between 1640 and 1645 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 100 in Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, between 1640 and 1645 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 100 in // Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel, Germany

Saint Peter in Tears, between 1650 and 1655 Oil on canvas, 58.2 x 40.9 in // Bilbao Fine Arts Museum

Liberation of St Peter, between 1665 and 1667 Oil on canvas, 93.7 x 102.4 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

The Conversion of St. Paul, between c 1675 and c 1682 Oil on canvas, 49.2 x 66.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Martyrdom of St Andrew, between 1675 and 1682 Oil on canvas, 48.4 x 63.7 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Saint Mary Magdalene, c 1650-1655 Oil on canvas San Diego Museum of Art

Saint Francis Embracing Christ on the Cross, c 1668-1669 Oil on canvas, 109 x 71.2 in // Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla

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

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