John Ruskin

On January 11, 2026 - 19th Century, English, february 8

John Ruskin, English art critic and artist, February 8, 1819 – January 20, 1900

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Henry Fuseli

On January 11, 2026 - 18th Century, 19th Century, English, february 7

Henry Fuseli, Swiss-English Artist, February 7, 1741 - April 17, 1825

Henry Fuseli (aged 63) by Edward Hodges Baily, 1824. National Gallery, London

Thor's Fight Against the Midgard Serpent, 1788 Oil on canvas, 51.5 x 35.8 in // Royal Academy of Arts, London

The Nightmare, c 1781 Oil on canvas, 40 × 50 in // Detroit Institute of Arts

The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Antique Fragments, between 1778 and 1779 Red chalk on sepia wash, 16.33 x 13.97 in // Kunsthaus Zürich

Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, 1812 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Tate Britain, London

Henry Fuseli, Ariel, From Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, c 1800–1810 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 28.1 in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Ariel, From Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, c 1800–1810 Oil on canvas, 36.4 x 28.1 in // Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Falstaff in the Laundry Basket, 1792 Oil on canvas, 53.9 x 66.9 in // Kunsthaus Zürich

Titania and Bottom, c 1790 Oil on canvas, 85.5 x 108.5 in // Tate Britain, London

Henry Fuseli, The Two Murderers of the Duke of Clarence, From Act I, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Richard III, between 1780 and 1782 Oil on canvas, 27 x 20.9 in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

The Two Murderers of the Duke of Clarence, From Act I, Scene 4 of William Shakespeare's Richard III, between 1780 and 1782 Oil on canvas, 27 x 20.9 in // Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Portrait of Anna Magdalene Schweizer, née Hess, 1779 Zentralbibliothek Zürich

Thetis Mourning the Death of Achilles, 1780 Tempera on cardboard, 16.4 x 21.9 in // Art Institute of Chicago

The Creation of Eve, 1793 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 81.4 in // Kunsthalle Hamburg

Henry Fuseli, Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head, From Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, 1793 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.8 in Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head, From Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, 1793 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.8 in // Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt

On January 10, 2026 - 18th Century, Austrian, february 6

Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Austrian sculptor, February 6, 1736 – August 19, 1783

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Alessandro Magnasco

On January 10, 2026 - 17th Century, 18th Century, february 4, Italian

Alessandro Magnasco, Italian painter, February 4, 1667 - March 12, 1749

Self-portrait, 17th century or 18th century Oil on canvas, 25 x 19 in // Private collection

Joseph Interpreting Dreams, 1700s Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 69.6 in // Private collection

Hermit in the Desert, 1700/1740 Oil on canvas, 13.4 x 16.1 in // Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

The Tame Magpie, c 1707 and c 1778 Oil on canvas, 25 x 29.4 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Interrogations in Jail, between c 1710 and c 1720 Oil on canvas, 17.5 x 32.4 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Banditti at Rest, 1710s Oil on canvas, 44 x 63.7 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Garden Party in Albaro, c 1740 Oil on canvas, 33.9 x 77.9 in // Musei di Strada Nuova, Genoa

Dissipation and Ignorance Destroy the Arts and Sciences, between 1735 and 1740 Oil on canvas, 24.5 x 36 in // Private collection

Workshop of Nuns, c 1725-1730 Oil on canvas, 16.1 x 12.9 in // Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg

Jewish Funerals, c 1720 Oil on canvas, 34.2 x 46 in // Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris

The Exorcism of the Waves, c 1735 Oil on canvas, 33 x 51 in // Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

The Painter’s Workshop, between 1722 and 1723 Oil on canvas, 23.8 x 16.7 in Private collection

Sébastien Bourdon

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, february 2, French

Sébastien Bourdon, French painter and engraver, February 2, 1616-May 8, 1671

The Finding of Moses, c 1655/1660 Oil on canvas, 47 1/16 x 68 1/16 in // National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

Solomon Sacrificing to the Idols, between 1646 and 1647 Oil on canvas, 61.4 x 57 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

The Departure of Jacob, Unknown date Oil on canvas, 38.9 x 54.3 in // Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Christ and the Samaritan Woman Oil on canvas, 56.8 x 78.3 in // Museum of Fine Arts Boston

Laban Searching the Belongings of Jacob Oil on canvas, 19.3 x 26.2 in // Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Bathsheba Guiding Solomon to the Throne, c 1643 Oil on canvas, 16.9 x 11.8 in // Musée du Grand Siècle, Saint-Cloud, France

The Baptism of Christ, c 1650 Oil on canvas, 59.1 x 45.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Martyrdom of Saint Andrew, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 10 ft x 102.3 in // Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France

Self-Portrait, 1652–1658 Oil on canvas, 27.5 x 22 in // Palace of Versailles

Death of Dido, between 1637 and 1640 Oil on canvas, 62.5 x 53.9 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

A Brawl in a Guard-Room, circa 1640 Oil on canvas, 29.48 x 23.85 in // Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

Christ Receiving the Children, c 1655 Oil on canvas Art Institute of Chicago

Jacob van Campen

On January 8, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch, february 2

Jacob van Campen, Dutch painter and architect, February 2, 1596 - September 13, 1657

Jacob van Campen in his book Images of the City Hall of Amsterdam in 30 engravings, 1665

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Kasteel Oldenaller, 1655-1665 Putten, The Netherlands

Coymanshuis is a canal house on the Keizersgracht 177, Amsterdam. The double wide house was designed and built in 1625

New Church, Haarlem, 1645-1649

Noordeinde Palace, 1640 The Hague

Palace Huis ten Bosch, 1645 The Hague

Double Portrait of Constantijn Huygens, c 1635 Oil on canvas, 37.4 x 30.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman Making Her Toilet, 1650 - 1655 Oil on canvas, 36.2 x 26.4 in // Museum Bredius, The Hague

Argus, Mercury and Io, 1630s Oil on canvas, 80.3 x 75.9 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Lenaert Nicasius, c 1651 Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Koepelkerk, 1639-1641 Renswoude, Netherlands

Vanitas Still Life with a Book and a Skull, c 1645-1650 Oil on panel, 34 x 33.8 in // Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, Netherlands

Hans Weiditz the Younger

On January 7, 2026 - 16th Century, German

Hans Weiditz the Younger, German artist, 1495 – c 1537 Bern

Voyeurism, before 1544 Woodcut

Nymphaea alba, or European White Waterlily, from "Herbarium Vivae Eicones," 1530

Master's Graduation, 16th century Woodcut Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Emperor Maximilian Listening to the Mass, 1518 Woodcut, 11.3 × 8.4 in

Hobbyhorse Rider

Gossip Sisters and the Devil

Doctor and Servant

Dancer and his Doxy

Prayer on the Mount of Olives

Drinker and his Wife, 1521

Cheese Farmer and his Wife, 1521

The Rooster as a Quack Doctor, 16th century Woodcut

Jan Steen

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Dutch

Jan Steen, Dutch painter, c 1626 – February 3, 1679

"As the Old Sing, the Children Peep," 1662 Oil on canvas, 37 x 31.8 in // Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France

The Drawing Lesson, about 1665 Oil on panel, 19.37 x 16.22 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Company Playing Cards in an Interior, c 1660 Oil on panel, 18 x 23.7 in // Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection

"The Way You Hear It, Is the Way You Sing It," c 1665 Oil on canvas, 52.7 x 64.1 in // Mauritshuis, The Hague

Woman at her Toilet, 1663 Oil on Panel, 25.9 x 20.8 in // Royal Collection, UK

Self-portrait as a Lutenist, 3rd quarter of 17th century Oil on canvas, 21.8 x 17.3 in // Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Double Portrait of Adolf Croeser and his Daughter Catharina Croeser, 1655 Oil on canvas, 32.4 x 27 in // Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Rhetoricians at a Window, between 1663 and 1665 Oil on canvas, 29.9 x 23 in // Philadelphia Art Museum

Jan Steen, Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Fantasy Interior with Jan Steen and the Family of Gerrit Schouten, 1659 - 1660 Oil on canvas, 33.25 x 39.75 in // The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

Peasants before an Inn, 1650s Oil on panel, 19.75 x 24.25 in // Toledo Museum of Art

The Bowling Game, c 1655 Oil on oak wood, 26.7 x 34.2 in // Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Massimo Stanzione

On January 7, 2026 - 17th Century, Italian

Massimo Stanzione, Italian painter, 1585 – 1656

Beheading of St John the Baptist, c 1634 Oil on canvas, 72.4 x 101.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madrid

Virgin and Child, c 1645 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Adoration of the Magi, c 1656 Oil on canvas, 91.5 x 79 in // Private collection

Susanna and the Elders, 1643 Oil on canvas, 59.8 x 80.1 in // Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Saint Agnes, from 1635 until 1640 Oil on canvas, 32.9 x 29.5 in // Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona

Lamentation Over the Dead Christ, between 1621 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 51.1 x 71.2 in // Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Woman in Neapolitan Costume, 1635 Oil on canvas, 46.7 x 38.2 in // Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Sacrifice to Bacchus, 1634 Oil on canvas, 93.3 x 140.9 in // Prado, Madrid

Cleopatra, 1630s Oil on canvas, 66.5 x 39.3 in // Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg

Jerome Bankes, c 1655 Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in // Kingston Lacy, UK

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c 1640 Oil on canvas, 78.5 x 57.5 in // Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Lot and his Daughters Royal Palace of Naples

Giovanni Lanfranco

On January 6, 2026 - 16th Century, 17th Century, Italian, january 26

Giovanni Lanfranco, Italian painter, January 26, 1582 - November 1647

Self-Portrait, between 1628 and 1632 Oil Columbus Museum of Art

Liberation of Saint Peter, between c 1620 and c 1621 Oil on canvas, 60.6 x 48.1 in // Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Young Naked Man on a Bed with Cat, between 1620 and 1622 Oil on canvas, 43.9 x 62.9 in // Private collection

Council of the Gods, between 1624 and 1625 Fresco Galleria Borghese, Rome

Hagar and the Angel in the Desert, between c 1600 and c 1647 Oil on canvas, 54.3 x 62.5 in // Louvre Museum, Paris

Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 80 x 96 in // Getty Center, Los Angeles

Moses and the Messengers from Canaan, 1621 - 1624 Oil on canvas, 85.7 x 97 in Getty Center, Los Angeles

Gladiators at a Banquet, c 1638 Oil on canvas, 91.3 x 11.6 ft // Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Last Supper, between 1624 and 1625 Oil on canvas, 90.1 x 13.9 ft // National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

Ecstasy of St Margaret of Cortona, 1622 Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 72.8 in // Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Saint Agatha in Prison, c 1613-1614 Oil on canvas, 39.3 x 52.2 in // National Gallery of Parma

Roman Mock Naval Battle, between 1635 and 1638 Oil on canvas, 71.25 x 142.5 in // Museo del Prado, Madri

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"A work of art is a transformation of something in order to transform someone." — Paul Valéry