Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

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• Vaccaro, Michael (American, born 1922)
• Vachette, Adrien Jean Maximillian (1753–1839)
• Vaillant, Wallerant (Dutch, 1623–1677)
• Valadier, Luigi (Italian, 1726–1785)
• Valdés, Manolo (Spanish, born 1942)
• Valenciennes, Pierre–Henri de (French, 1750–1819)
• Valesio, Giovanni Luigi (Italian, 1583?–1633)
• Vallayer–Coster, Anne (French, 1744–1818)
• Vallien, Bertil (Swedish, born 1938)
• Vallin, Nicholas (Flemish, active London ca. 1590, died 1603)
• Vallou de Villeneuve, Julien (French, 1795–1866)
• Valturio, Roberto (Italian, 1405–1475)
• Van Ceulen the Elder, Johannes (Dutch, recorded 1676, died 1715)
• van der Goes, Hugo (Netherlandish, active by 1467, died 1482)
• van der Goes, Hugo (Netherlandish, active by 1467, died 1482)
• Van Erp, Dirk (American, born Netherlands, 1859–1933)
• van Mander, Karel, the Elder (Netherlandish, 1548–1606)
• van Meckenem, Israhel (German, ca. 1440/45–1503)
• van Vliet, Hendrick (Dutch, 1611/12—1675)
• Vanderbank, John (English, active 1683–1717)
• Vanderlyn, John (American, 1775–1852)
• Varley, Cornelius (British, 1781– 1873)
• Vasari, Giorgio (Italian, 1511–1574)
• Vasters, Reinhold (German, 1827–1909)
• Vecellio, Cesare (Venetian, ca. 1521–1601)
• Vedder, Elihu (American, 1836–1923)
• Veerendael, Nicolas van (Flemish, 1640–1691)
• Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y (Spanish, 1599–1660)
• Velde, Henry van de (Belgian, 1863–1957)
• Velde, Jan van de, IV (Dutch, before 1610–1686)
• Vell (Voll), Georg (German)
• Veneziano, Agostino (Agostino dei Musi) (Italian, ca, 1490–after 1536)
• Venturi, Robert (America, born 1925)
• Venturini, Giovanni Franceso (Italian, active ca. 1650–1700)
• Verdizotti, Giovanni Maria (Italian, 1525–1600)
• Verkolje, Nicolaas (Dutch, 1673–1746)
• Vermeer, Johannes (Dutch, 1632–1675)
• Vernet, Carle (french, 1758–1836)
• Vernet, Horace (French, 1789–1863)
• Veronese, Bonifazio (Bonifazio de' Pitati) (Italian, 1487–1553)
• Veronese, Paolo (Paolo Caliari) (Italian, Venetian, 1528–1588)
• Versace, Gianni (Italian, 1946–1997)
• Verstille, William (American, 1755–1803)
• Vesalius, Andreas (1514–1564)
• Vico, Enea (Italian, 1523–1567)
• Vigée Le Brun, Élisabeth Louise (French, 1755–1842)
• Villa Giulia Painter (Greek, active ca. 475–450 B.C.)
• Villers, Marie–Denise (French, 1774–1821)
• Viola, Bill (American, born 1951)
• Vionnet, Madeleine (French, 1876–1975)
• Vlaminck, Maurice de (French, 1876–1958)
• Volpato, Giovanni (Italian, 1740–1803)
• Von Furstenberg, Diane (American, born Brussels 1946)
• von Leypold, Carl Julius (German, 1805–1874)
• von Reutlingen, Hans (German, ca.1465–ca.1547)
• Vonnoh, Bessie Potter (American, 1872–1955)
• Voronikhin, Andrei N. (Russian, 1759–1814)
• Vorsterman the Elder, Lucas (Flemish, 1595–1675)
• Vosmaer, Jacob (Dutch, born about 1584, died 1641)
• Vouet, Simon (1590–1649)
• Voysey, C.F.A. (British, 1857–1941)
• Vries, Adriaen de (Netherlandish, 1545/46–1626)
• Vrijthoff, Lambertus (Dutch, recorded 1724–66, died 1769)
• Vuillard, Édouard (French, 1868–1940)