Matthäus’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Youth and Old Age
Matthäus Greuter French, 1564–1638

Spring, from The Four Seasons
Matthäus Greuter (German, 1564 or 1566–1638) after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Summer, from The Four Seasons
Matthäus Greuter (German, 1564 or 1566–1638) after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Autumn, from The Four Seasons
Matthäus Greuter (German, 1564 or 1566–1638) after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Winter, from The Four Seasons
Matthäus Greuter (German, 1564 or 1566–1638) after Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558–1617)

Teapot
Marked by Matthäus Baur II (active Augsburg [now Germany], 1681–1728) Augsburg (now Germany)

Tea Bowl and Saucer
Marked by Matthäus Baur II (active Augsburg [now Germany], 1681–1728) Augsburg (now Germany)

Tea Bowl and Saucer
Marked by Matthäus Baur II (active Augsburg [now Germany], 1681–1728) Augsburg (now Germany)

The Rich Son Refusing to Help his Poor Parents
Mätthaus Merian (Swiss, 1621–1687) after Claes Jansz. Visscher (Netherlandish, c. 1550–c. 1612)

Seated Male Nude (recto); Sketches of Hand and Boy'd Head (verso)
School of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669) or possibly Jacob Adriaenzoon de Backer (Dutch, 1608-1651) or Matthäus Merian, the Younger (Swiss, 1621-1687) or in the Style of Govert Flinck (Dutch, 1615-1660)

Vignette of Tobias and the Angel
Style of Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825) or possibly Giovanni Mannozzi (Italian, 1592-1636) or Johannes Friedrich Greuter (German, 1590/91-1662)

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago