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16th Century Artists:

Aachen, Hans von (1552 - 1615)
Abate, Nicolo dell (1509 - 1571)
Aertsen, Pieter (1508 - 1575)
Albani, Francesco (1578 - 1660)
Aldegrever, Heinrich (1502 - 1561)
Algardi, Alessandro (1598 - 1654)
Allori, Alessandro (1535 - 1607)
Alsloot, Denys van (1570 - 1628)
Amman, Jost (1539 - 1591)
Ammanati, Bartolomeo (1511 - 1592)
Anguissola, Sofonisba (1527 - 1625)
Anthonisz., Cornelis (1505 - 1553)
Arcimboldo, Giuseppe (1527 - 1593)
Aspetti, Tiziano (1559 - 1606)
Ast, Balthasar van der (1593 - 1656)
Avercamp, Hendrick (1585 - 1634)
Baburen, Dirck van (1595 - 1624)
Backer, Jacob (1595 - 1624)
Baglione, Giovanni (1566 - 1643)
Bailly, David (1584 - 1657)
Balen, Hendrick van (1575 - 1632)
Barocci, Federico (1535 - 1612)
Bartolomeo Veneto, (1502 - 1555)
Basawan, (1550 - 1610)
Bassano, Jacopo (1510 - 1592)
Becerra, Gaspar (1520 - 1568)
Beert, Osias (1580 - 1624)
Beham, Barthel (1502 - 1540)
Beham, Hans Sebald (1500 - 1550)
Bellange, Jacques (1575 - 1616)
Bernini, Gianlorenzo (1598 - 1680)
Beuckelaer, Joachim (1533 - 1574)
Bigot, Trophime (1579 - 1650)
Bloemaert, Abraham (1566 - 1651)
Bol, Hans (1534 - 1593)
Bontemps, Pierre (1505 - 1570)
Bordone, Paris (1500 - 1571)
Bosschaert the Elder, Ambrosius (1573 - 1621)
Bramer, Leonaert (1596 - 1674)
Bray, Solomon de (1597 - 1664)
Breenbergh, Bartholomeus (1598 - 1657)
Bril, Paul (1554 - 1626)
Bronzino, Agnolo (1503 - 1572)
Brosamer, Hans (1500 - 1554)
Brueghel, Pieter (1520 - 1569)
Brugghen, Hendrick ter (1588 - 1629)
Bry, Theodore de (1528 - 1598)
Buytewech, Willem (1591 - 1624)
Cajes, Eugenio (1575 - 1634)
Callot, Jacques (1592 - 1635)
Calvaert, Denys (1540 - 1619)
Cambiaso, Luca (1527 - 1585)
Campagna, Girolamo (1549 - 1625)
Campagnola, Domenico (1500 - 1564)
Campen, Jacob van (1595 - 1624)
Campi, Giulio (1508 - 1573)
Caracciolo, Giovanni Battista (1578 - 1635)
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi de (1572 - 1610)
Carducho, Vicente (1576 - 1638)
Caron, Antoine (1521 - 1599)
Carracci, Agostino (1557 - 1602)
Carracci, Ludovico (1555 - 1619)
Carracci, Annibale (1560 - 1609)
Castillo, Juan del (1590 - 1657)
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500 - 1571)
Cesari, Giuseppe (1568 - 1640)
Cesi, Bartolomeo (1556 - 1629)
Ceulen, Cornelius Janssens van (1593 - 1661)
Claesz, Pieter (1597 - 1660)
Clerck, Hendrik de (1570 - 1630)
Coecke van Aelst Pieter, I (1502 - 1550)
Coninxloo, Gillis van (1544 - 1607)
Cornelisz. van Haarlem, Cornelis (1562 - 1638)
Crespi, Daniele (1598 - 1630)
Crespi, Giovanni Battista (1575 - 1633)
Daniele da Volterra, (1509 - 1566)
Danti, Vincenzo (1530 - 1576)
Delaune, Etienne (1519 - 1583)
Domenichino, (1581 - 1641)
El Greco, (1541 - 1614)
Elsheimer, Adam (1578 - 1610)
Fanelli, Francesco (1590 - 1653)
Farinati, Paolo (1524 - 1606)
Fetti, Domenico (1589 - 1623)
Fontana, Annibale (1540 - 1587)
Francken II, Frans (1581 - 1642)
Gambara, Lattanzio (1530 - 1574)
Gentileschi, Artemisia (1593 - 1652)
Gheyn II, Jacques de (1565 - 1629)
Giambologna, (1529 - 1608)
Girolamo da Carpi, (1501 - 1556)
Goltzius, Hendrick (1558 - 1617)
Goyen, Jan van (1596 - 1656)
Gras, Caspar (1585 - 1674)
Hals, Frans (1580 - 1666)
Heintz, Joseph (1564 - 1609)
Hoefnagel, Joris (1542 - 1601)
Honthorst, Gerrit van (1590 - 1656)
Hulsdonck, Jacob van (1582 - 1647)
Jordaens, Jacob (1593 - 1678)
Juanes, Juan de (1510 - 1579)
Key, Adriaen (1544 - 1590)
La Tour, Georges de (1593 - 1652)
Lallemant, Georges (1580 - 1636)
Lanfranco, Giovanni (1582 - 1647)
Lanino, Bernardino (1509 - 1581)
Lastman, Pieter (1538 - 1633)
Lautensack, Hanns (1520 - 1564)
Ligozzi, Jacopo (1547 - 1627)
Limosin, Leonard (1505 - 1575)
Lindtmayer, Daniel (1552 - 1602)
Mander, Karel van (1548 - 1606)
Mochi, Francesco (1580 - 1654)
Moeyaert, Claes (1591 - 1655)
Mor, Antonis (1516 - 1576)
Morazzone, (1573 - 1625)
Muller, Jan H. (1571 - 1628)
Muziano, Girolamo (1532 - 1592)
Naldini, Giovanni Battista (1537 - 1591)
Orsi, Lelio (1511 - 1587)
Palissy, Bernard (1509 - 1590)
Palma Giovane, (1548 - 1628)
Parmigiano, (1503 - 1540)
Passarotti, Bartolomeo (1529 - 1592)
Pencz, Georg (1500 - 1550)
Perino del Vaga, (1500 - 1547)
Pickenoy, Nicolaes Eliasz (1588 - 1655)
Pietro da Cortona, (1596 - 1669)
Pino, Marco (1520 - 1587)
Poccetti, Bernardino (1548 - 1612)
Poelenburgh, Cornelis van (1586 - 1667)
Porta, Giuseppe (1520 - 1575)
Poussin, Nicolas (1594 - 1665)
Primaticcio, Francesco (1504 - 1570)
Procaccini, Giulio Cesare (1574 - 1625)
Reni, Guido (1575 - 1642)
Ribalta, Francisco (1565 - 1628)
Ribera, Jusepe de (1591 - 1652)
Roncalli, Cristoforo (1552 - 1626)
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577 - 1640)
Sacchi, Andrea (1599 - 1661)
Salviati, Francesco (1510 - 1563)
Saraceni, Carlo (1579 - 1620)
Schardt, Johann Gregor van der (1530 - 1580)
Scorza, Sinibaldo (1589 - 1631)
Snyders, Frans (1579 - 1657)
Solis, Virgil (1514 - 1562)
Stella, Jacques (1596 - 1657)
Stevens, Pieter (1567 - 1624)
Stimmer, Tobias (1539 - 1584)
Stradanus, Joannes (1523 - 1605)
Strozzi, Bernardo (1581 - 1644)
Susini, Antonio (1572 - 1624)
Tanzio da Varallo, (1575 - 1633)
Tetrode, Willem Danielsz van (1525 - 1588)
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1519 - 1594)
Tour, Georges de La (1593 - 1652)
Uden, Lucas van (1595 - 1672)
Utrecht, Adriaen van (1599 - 1652)
Van Dyck, Sir Anthony (1599 - 1641)
Vasari, Giorgio (1511 - 1574)
Velazquez, Diego (1599 - 1660)
Venne, Adriaen van de (1589 - 1662)
Veronese, Paolo (1528 - 1588)
Vittoria, Alessandro (1525 - 1608)
Wtewael, Joachim (1566 - 1638)
Zucchi, Jacopo (1540 - 1596)

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