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17th Century

CLAUDIO RIDOLFI

Verona 1570 - 1644 Corinaldo

Holy Family and Saint in Joseph's Workshop with God the Father Surrounded by Putti

JACOB MATHAM

1571 - Haarlem - 1631

Head of a Pearl-bedecked Venus

GIULIO CESARE PROCACCINI

Bologna 1574 - 1625 Milan

Head of an Angel

THEODOOR VAN LOON

Brussels(?) 1581/2 - 1667 Leuven

Council of the Gods

PIETRO BERRETTINI, called PIETRO DA CORTONA

Cortona 1596 - 1669 Rome

Landscape with Trees along an Embankment (for decoration of the Quirinal Palace)

PIERRE BREBIETTE

Mantes-la-Jolie, near Paris ca. 1598 - 1650 Paris

Armida Advancing to Slay Rinaldo
(from Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata)
verso: a slight red chalk study of a male head and shoulders

GIAN LORENZO BERNINI

Naples 1598 - 1680 Rome

Study for an Altar with a Ciborium and Candles Supported by Angels
verso: an architectural notation

CLAUDE GELEE, called CLAUDE LORRAIN

Chamagne 1600 - 1682 Rome

Three Shephards
verso: An Ox

Attributed to PIETRO TESTA

Lucca 1612 - 1650 Rome

The Emperor Marcus Aurelius Receiving the Submission of Barbarian Prisoners (after an antique marble relief)

Central Italian

mid 17th Century

Bust of the Virgin

GIOVANNI MARIA MORANDI

Florence 1622 - 1717 Rome

St. Xavier Preaching to a Rapt Crowd

SIGISMONDO CAULA

Modena 1637 - 1713 ?

The Road to Calvary

ETIČNNE ALLEGRAIN

1644 - Paris - 1736

Idealized Buildings in a Landscape

PIETRO DANDINI

1646 - Florence - 1712

Peter and Paul Resurrect the Son of Theophilis, King of Syria, at Antioch

JEAN-BAPTISTE CORNEILLE

1649 - Paris - 1695

The Supremacy of Sculpture over Painting, Architecture, etc

Northern Landscapist

mid to late 17th century, possibly early 18th century

Landscape with Trees by a River, a Palace Beyond

MARCO RICCI

Belluno 1676 - 1730 Venice

Design for Stage Scenery: A Clearing in the Woods