M Section
- MACCHIETTI, Girolamo
- MACHADO DE CASTRO, Joachim
- MACHUCA, Pedro
- MACHY, Pierre-Antoine de
- MACLISE, Daniel
- MADERNO, Stefano
- MADOU, Jean-Baptiste
- MAELLA, Mariano Salvador de
- MAES, Nicolaes
- MAFFEI, Francesco
- MAGGIORE, Giovanni Ambrogio
- MAGGIOTTO, Domenico
- MAGINI, Carlo
- MAGNASCO, Alessandro
- MAINARDI, Bastiano
- MAINO, Fray Juan Bautista
- MAINO, Giovanni Angelo del
- MAITANI, Lorenzo
- MALER, Hans
- MÄLESSKIRCHER, Gabriel
- MALLET, Jean-Baptiste
- MALOUEL, Jean
- MAN, Cornelis de
- MANCINI, Francesco
- MANDER, Karel van, the Elder
- MANDIJN, Jan
- MANETTI, Rutilio
- MANFREDI, Bartolomeo
- MANGLARD, Adrien
- MANSUETI, Giovanni
- MANTEGAZZA, Cristoforo
- MANTEGNA, Andrea
- MANUEL, Niklaus
- MANUTIUS, Aldus
- MÁNYOKI, Ádám
- MARASTONI, Jakab
- MARATTI, Carlo
- MARCHESINI, Alessandro
- MARCONI, Rocco
- MARÉES, George de
- MARÉES, Hans von
- MARIANI, Camillo
- MARIESCHI, Michele
- MARILHAT, Prosper
- MARIN, Joseph Charles
- MARINALI, Orazio
- MARINARI, Onorio
- MARIO DEI FIORI
- MARIOTTO DI NARDO
- MARKÓ, Hungarian family of painters
- MARLOW, William
- MARMION, Simon
- MARMITTA, Francesco
- MAROCHETTI, Charles
- MARON, Anton von
- MAROT, French family of artists of Netherlandish origin
- MARSY, Gaspard
- MARTIN, John
- MARTIN, Jean-Baptiste
- MARTIN, Pierre-Denis
- MARTINCOURT, Étienne
- MARTINELLI, Giovanni
- MARTÍNEZ, Jusepe
- MARTINO DI BARTOLOMMEO
- MARTORELL, Bernat
- MARTOS, Ivan Petrovich
- MARZAL DE SAX, Andrés
- MARZIALE, Marco
- MASACCIO
- MASIP, Vicente
- MASO DI BANCO
- MASOLINO da Panicale
- MASSON, François
- MASSOT, Firmin
- MASSYS (METSYS), Flemish family of artists
- MASTELLETTA
- MASTERS, Unknown
- MATEJKO, Jan
- MATES, Joan
- MATHAM, Jacob
- MATTEINI, Teodoro
- MATTEO di Giovanni
- MATTHIEU, Georg David
- MAULBERTSCH, Franz Anton
- MAUPERCHÉ, Henri
- MAYER, Marie-Constance
- MAYR, Johann Ulrich
- MAZIÈRE, Simon
- MAZO, Juan Bautista Martinez del
- MAZZA, Giuseppe Maria
- MAZZOLA BEDOLI, Girolamo
- MAZZOLINO, Ludovico
- MAZZONI, Italian artists (not related)
- MAZZUOLI, Giuseppe
- MECKENEM, Israhel van the Younger
- MEI, Bernardino
- MEISSONIER, Jean-Louis-Ernest
- MEISSONNIER, Juste-Aurèle
- MEIT, Conrad
- MEKEREN, Jan van
- MELBYE, Anton
- MELÉNDEZ, Luis
- MELIORE DI JACOPO
- MELLAN, Claude
- MELLIN, Charles
- MELONE, Altobello
- MELOZZO DA FORLI
- MELZI, Francesco
- MEMLING, Hans
- MEMMI, Lippo
- MENA, Pedro de
- MÉNAGEOT, François-Guillaume
- MENGS, Anton Raphael
- MENZEL, Adolph von
- MERCIER, Philipe
- MERCK, Johann Christof
- MERIAN, Swiss family of artists
- MERYON, Charles
- MESSERSCHMIDT, Franz Xaver
- METSU, Gabriel
- MEULEN, Adam Frans van der
- MEULENER, Pieter
- MEYTENS, Martin van
- MICHALLON, Achille-Etna
- MICHEL, Georges
- MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
- MICHELE, Italian artists (not related)
- MICHELI Parrasio
- MICHELINO DA BESOZZO
- MICHELOZZO DI BARTOLOMEO
- MIEL, Jan
- MIELICH, Hans
- MIEREVELD, Michiel Jansz. van
- MIERIS, Dutch family of artists
- MIGLIARA, Giovanni
- MIGNARD, French family of painters
- MIGNON, Abraham
- MIGNOT, Pierre-Philippe
- MIJN, Dutch family of painters, active also in England
- MIJTENS, Jan
- MILAN, Pierre
- MILANI, Aureliano
- MILDORFER, Joseph Ignaz
- MILHOMME, François-Dominique-Aimé
- MILLAIS, Sir John Everett
- MILLET, Jean-François
- MILLET, Francisque
- MINDERHOUT, Hendrik van
- MINO DA FIESOLE
- MIROU, Anthonie
- MITELLI, Agostino
- MOCHI, Francesco
- MOEYAERT, Claes Cornelisz.
- MOILLON, Louise
- MOINE, Antonin-Marie
- MOITTE, Jean-Guillaume
- MOLA, Pier Francesco
- MOLA, Antonio and Paolo
- MOLENAER, Jan Miense
- MOLENAER, Klaes
- MOLIN, Johann Peter
- MOLINARI, Antonio
- MOLITOR, Bernard
- MOLYN, Pieter de
- MOMPER, Joos de
- MOMPER, Frans de
- MONNOT, Pierre Etienne
- MONNOYER, Jean-Baptiste
- MONTAGNA, Bartolomeo
- MONTAÑÉS, Juan Martínez
- MONTAUTI, Antonio
- MONTELUPO, Raffaello da
- MONTFAUCON, Bernard de
- MONTFORT, Octavianus
- MONTORSOLI, Giovanni Angelo
- MOOR, Carel de
- MOR VAN DASHORST, Anthonis
- MORALES, Luis de
- MORATTI, Francesco
- MORAZZONE
- MOREAU, Jean-Michel
- MOREAU, Gustave
- MOREAU, Mathurin
- MOREELSE, Paulus
- MORETTO da Brescia
- MORIN, Jean
- MORIN, Jean-Louis
- MORLAITER, Giovan Maria
- MORLAND, George
- MORONE, Domenico
- MORONI, Giovanni Battista
- MOSER, Lukas
- MOSKOS, Elias
- MOSNIER, Jean-Laurent
- MOSTAERT, North Netherlandish/Dutch family of painters
- MOUCHERON, Frederick de
- MOYA, Pedro de
- MULIER, Dutch family of artists
- MULLER, Jan Harmensz.
- MULREADY, William
- MULTSCHER, Hans
- MUNARI, Cristoforo
- MUNRO, Alexander
- MUR, Ramon de
- MURA, Francesco de
- MURER, Christoph
- MURILLO, Bartolomé Esteban
- MUSI, Agostino dei
- MUSSCHER, Michiel van
- MUZIANO, Girolamo