| Bernardo Daddi (active c. 1320 - 1348) | | Early Italian renaissance painter, apprentice of Giotto |
| Johan Christian Clausen Dahl (1788 - 1857) | | Norwegian painter |
| Michael Dahl (1659 - 1743) | | Swedish painter, active in England |
| Jean Augustin Daiwaille (1786 - 1850) | | |
| Pietro Dandini (1646 - 1712) | | Italian painter |
| Bartholomew Dandridge (1691 - in or after 1754) | | English painter |
| Charles-François Daubigny (1817 - 1878) | | French landscapist |
| Honoré Daumier (1808 - 1879) | | French painter, printmaker, and sculptor |
| Gerard David (c. 1455 - 1523) | | Netherlandish painter, active in Flanders |
| Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1825) | | French painter |
| Jerome David (c. 1600 - after 1670) | | French draftsman and engraver |
| George Dawe (1781 - 1829) | | English painter and writer |
| Edwin Deakin (1838 - 1923) | | American painter |
| Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803 - 1860) | | French painter and printmaker |
| Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker (ca. 1620 - 1678) | | Dutch painter |
| Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) | | French painter, sculptor and printmaker. One of the founders of the impressionism. |
| Alfred Dehodencq (1822 - 1882) | | French painter |
| Eugène Delacroix (1798 - 1863) | | French painter, leader of the French Romantic School |
| Hippolyte Delaroche (1797 - 1856) | | French painter and sculptor |
| Paul Delaroche (1797 - 1856) | | French painter and sculptor |
| Joseph Delattre (1858 - 1912) | | French painter and draftsman |
| Jules-Elie Delaunay (1828 - 1891) | | French painter |
| Robert Delaunay (1885 - 1941) | | French painter |
| Dirck van Delen (1605 - 1671) | | Dutch painter |
| Jacob Willemsz. Delff (ca. 1540/1545 - 1601) | | Netherlandish portraitist |
| Willem Jacobsz. Delff (1580 - 1638) | | Dutch engraver |
| Jean-Louis Demarne (c. 1752 - 1829) | | French genre painter and landscapist |
| Charles Demuth (1883 - 1935) | | American painter |
| Maurice Denis (1870 - 1943) | | French painter and author |
| Balthasar Denner (1685 - 1749) | | German painter |
| Rene Descartes (1596 - 1650) | | French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist |
| Alexandre-François Desportes (1661 - 1743) | | French painter |
| Ludwig Deutsch (1855 - 1935) | | Austrian painter |
| Achille-Jacques-Jean-Marie Devéria (1800 - 1857) | | French painter, lithographer, and stained glass designer |
| Arthur Devis (1711 - 1787) | | English painter |
| Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Peña (1807 - 1876) | | French painter and printmaker |
| Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596 - 1675) | | Flemish painter and glazier |
| Abraham Diepraem (1622 - after 1677) | | Dutch painter |
| Adriaen van Diest (1655 - 1704) | | Dutch painter and printmaker, active in England |
| Jeronimus van Diest (c. 1631 - 1673) | | Dutch painter |
| Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich (1712 - 1774) | | German painter and printmaker |
| Abraham van Dijck (ca 1635 - 1680) | | Dutch painter |
| Floris van Dijck (1575 - 1651) | | Dutch Golden Age still life painter |
| Philip van Dijk (1683 - 1753) | | Dutch painter |
| Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof (1866 - 1924) | | Dutch painter, designer, and printmaker |
| Gaspare Diziani (1689 - 1767) | | Italian painter |
| Simon van der Does (c. 1653 - after 1718) | | |
| Carlo Dolci (1616 - 1687) | | Italian painter |
| Apollonio Domenichini (1715 - 1770) | | Italian painter |
| Domenichino (1581 - 1641) | | Italian painter and draftsman |
| Donatello (1386 - 1466) | | Italian sculptor |
| Lambert Doomer (1624 - 1700) | | Dutch Golden Age landscape painter |
| Gustave Doré (1832 - 1883) | | French printmaker, painter, and sculptor |
| Dosso Dossi (c. 1486 - 1542) | | Italian painter |
| Gerard Dou (1613 - 1675) | | Dutch Golden Age painter, first pupil of Rembrandt and one of the Leiden fijnschilders |
| Simon Johannes van Douw (c. 1630 - after 1677) | | Flemish painter |
| Arthur Dove (1880 - 1946) | | |
| William Downey (c. 1828 - 1908) | | British photographer |
| John Downman (1750 - 1824) | | English painter |
| Joost Cornelisz. Droochsloot (1586 - 1666) | | Dutch Golden Age painter |
| Willem Drost (1633 - 1659) | | Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker |
| François Hubert Drouais (1727 - 1775) | | French painter and portraitist |
| Hendrick Jacobsz. Dubbels (1621 - 1707) | | Dutch painter |
| Guillam Dubois (1623/25 - 1680) | | Dutch painter |
| Simon Dubois (1632 - 1708) | | Flemish painter |
| Pieter Dubordieu (ca. 1608 - after 1678) | | Dutch painter |
| Jacob Duck (c. 1600 - 1667) | | Dutch painter and draftsman |
| Jan van Duetecom the Elder (active 1554-c. 1600) | | Dutch etcher |
| Lucas van Duetecum ( - before 1584) | | Dutch etcher |
| Charles Dufresne (1876 - 1938) | | French painter, printmaker, and decorator |
| Gaspard Dughet (1615 - 1675) | | French landscape painter, active in Italy |
| Karel Dujardin (1626 - 1678) | | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Heijmen Dullaert (1636 - 1684) | | Dutch painter and poet |
| Henry Treffry Dunn (1838 - 1899) | | British painter and draftsman |
| Joseph Siffred Duplessis (1725 - 1802) | | French painter |
| Jules Dupré (1811 - 1889) | | French painter and printmaker |
| Asher Brown Durand (1796 - 1886) | | American painter and engraver |
| Albrecht Dürer (1471 - 1528) | | German printmaker and painter |
| Cornelis Dusart (1660 - 1704) | | Dutch painter and printmaker |
| Pieter Duyfhuysen (1608 - 1677) | | Dutch painter |
| Willem Cornelisz. Duyster (1598/99 - 1635) | | Dutch painter |
| William Dyce (1806 - 1864) | | Scottish painter, theorist, and designer |
| Anthony van Dyck (1599 - 1641) | | Flemish painter active in England |