Jean Clouet
(1480–1549)
 

Jean (or Janet or Jehannot) Clouet was a painter, draughtsman and miniaturist from the Burgundian Netherlands whose known active work period took place in France. He was court painter to French king Francis I. Together with his son François Clouet he is counted among the leading 16th century portrait painters working in France. They are particularly known for their accomplished drawings, using black chalk and pure red chalk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Clouet

Portrait of Marguerite of Navarre
c. 1527
oil on oak
62 × 52.5 cm
National Museums Liverpool, UK

Marmaduke Cradock
(1660–1716)

Marmaduke Cradock was an English painter of birds and other animals. Some older sources give his first name as Luke but this may be in error. Self taught, he produced art works that were rarely signed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Cradock

Mallards on a Pond
Before 1716
oil on canvas
45 × 55 cm
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore/explore-the-collection/mallards-on-a-pond/

Watanabe Shōtei
(1851– 1918)
 

Watanabe Seitei (渡辺 省亭), also known as Watanabe Shōtei, was a Japanese Nihonga painter who was one of the first Japanese painters to visit Europe, attending the 1878 International Exhibition in Paris and being awarded a medal. He blended Western realism with the delicate colours and washes of the Kikuchi Yōsai school, introducing a new approach to kachōga (bird-and-flower painting). 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watanabe_Shōtei

Bird on a branch
1916
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, Washington, United States

Frederick Stuart Church
(1842 - 1924)
 

Frederick Stuart Church was an American artist, working mainly as an illustrator and especially known for his (often allegorical) depiction of animals.
He became especially known for his fondness of depicting animals, both in their natural state and in anthropomorphic "allegorical compositions" - having both the patience and empathy needed to gain the confidence of his animal "models" and a through understanding of animal anatomy, as well as of animal facial expressions and the moods and feelings they conveyed. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Stuart_Church

Tiger and Bird
1892
etching with plate tone
IMA art Collection, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, United States
https://collections.discovernewfields.org/art/artwork/75158

Carel Fabritius
(1610 - 1696)

 

Carel Pietersz. Fabritius (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkaːrəl ˈpitərs faːˈbritsijʏs]; bapt. 27 February 1622 – 12 October 1654) was a Dutch painter. He was a pupil of Rembrandt and worked in his studio in Amsterdam. Fabritius, who was a member of the Delft School, developed his own artistic style and experimented with perspective and lighting. Among his works are A View of Delft (1652; National Gallery, London), The Goldfinch (1654), and The Sentry (1654).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carel_Fabritius

The Goldfinch
1654
Oil on panel
33,5 cm x 22,8 cm 
Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands

https://www.mauritshuis.nl/ontdek-collectie/kunstwerken/605-het-puttertje
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldfinch_(painting) 

Henriette Browne
(1829 - 1901)

Henriette Browne was the pseudonym for Mme Jules de Saux, née Sophie Boutellier (1829-1901). She specialised in genre scenes, especially Near-Eastern and religious subjects, as well as portraits. She also worked as an engraver. She started exhibiting at the Salon in Paris in 1853 and exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, between 1871 and 1879. This painting is a fine example of Henriette Browne’s output as it combines a genre scene, a little girl distracted while doing her homework and a child portrait. The interest in everyday life and close observation of nature is characteristic of the French Realist movement emerged in the 1840s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriette_Browne

A Girl Writing; The Pet Goldfinch
1874
Oil on canvas
74 × 92 cm
The Victoria and Albert Museum, London

 Abraham Bloemaert
(1566 - 1651)
 

Abraham Bloemaert was a Dutch painter and printmaker who used etching and engraving. He initially worked in the style of the "Haarlem Mannerists", but by the beginning of the 17th-century altered his style in line with the new Baroque style that was then developing. He mostly painted history subjects and some landscapes. He was an important teacher, training most of the Utrecht Caravaggisti.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Bloemaert

Old man with chicken
After 1620
Oil on oak panel
72 x 64 cm
Hermitage, St. Petersburg