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x Mona Lisa Mona Lisa Leonardo da Vinci Oil paint Italian Renaissance
Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. The work is owned by the Government of France and is on the wall in the Louvre in Paris, France...
Renaissance
x The Thinker Le penseur de Rodin Auguste Rodin Bronze  
The Thinker (French: Le Penseur) is a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin held in the Musée Rodin in Paris. It depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a powerful internal struggle. It is often used to represent philosophy....
x Guernica Picasso's "Guernica" Pablo Picasso Oil paint Cubism
Guernica is a painting by Pablo Picasso, depicting the bombing of Guernica, Spain, by German and Italian warplanes at the behest of the Spanish Nationalist forces, on April 26, 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. The Spanish Republican government...
x The Scream The Scream Edvard Munch Tempera Expressionism
The Scream (Norwegian: Skrik; created 1893-1910) is the title of expressionist paintings and prints in a series by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, depicting an agonized figure against a blood red sky. The landscape in the background is Oslofjord,...
Crayon
Pastel
Oil paint
x The Starry Night Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889 (Museum of Modern Art, New York) Vincent van Gogh Oil paint  
The Starry Night (Dutch: De sterrennacht) is a painting by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting depicts the view outside his sanitarium room window at night, although it was painted from memory during the day. Since 1941 it...
x Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers   Marc Chagall   Surrealism
Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers is an oil painting by Belarusian painter Marc Chagall, painted in 1913. It appeared in the 2001 movie A Beautiful Mind. This picture was painted in 1913 in France. It was painted on an oil-canvas using cubism.
x Self-portrait with a friend Raffaello autoritratto con un amico Raphael Oil paint  
The Self-Portrait with a friend (also known as Double Portrait) is a painting by Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. In this double portrait the artist himself stands behind an unknown man (a friend or a pupil, perhaps Polidoro da Caravaggio...
x The Son of Man René Magritte. The Son of Man, 1964, oil painting, private collection René Magritte Oil paint Surrealism
The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l'homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. The painting consists of a man in a suit and a bowler hat standing in front of a small wall,...
x Untitled (Man and mirror) Untitled-1.jpg Carrie Mae Weems Gelatin-silver process Contemporary art  
gelatin silver print
x Soliloquy I   Sam Taylor-Wood      
x Soliloquy V   Sam Taylor-Wood C-print    
x White Flag   Jasper Johns Charcoal Abstract expressionism
"White Flag" (1955) is a mixed-media painting by American artist Jasper Johns and is the largest of Johns's flag paintings.
Fabric
Newsprint
Oil paint
Encaustic painting
x The Persistence of Memory The Persistence of Memory Salvador Dalí Oil paint Surrealism
La persistencia de la memoria (1931) or The Persistence of Memory – also known by some as Melting Clocks – is the most famous painting by artist Salvador Dalí. The painting has been in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York...
x Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening Salvador Dalí Oil paint Surrealism
Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (1944) is a surrealist painting by Salvador Dalí. (The title is also known as One Second Before Awakening from a Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a...
x The Madonna of Port Lligat The Madonna of Port Lligat Salvador Dalí Oil paint Surrealism
The Madonna of Port Lligat is the name of three paintings by Salvador Dalí. The first was created in 1949, measuring 49 x 37.5 centimetres (19.3 x 14.8 in), and is now housed in the Haggerty Museum of Art in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dali submitted it...
x The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus Salvador Dalí Oil paint Surrealism
The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus is the name of a painting by artist Salvador Dalí, begun in 1958 and finished in 1959. It is a huge canvas, over 14 feet tall and over 9 feet wide (410 x 284 cm; 161.4 x 111.8 in), one in a series of...
x The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table Salvador Dalí Panel Surrealism
The Ghost of Vermeer of Delft Which Can Be Used As a Table (1934) is a painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí. The title refers to the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer and the image of Vermeer viewed from his back is a reference to Vermeer's...
Oil paint
x Impression, Sunrise Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant) Claude Monet Oil paint Impressionism
Impression, Sunrise (Impression, soleil levant) is a painting by Claude Monet, for which the Impressionist movement was named. Dated 1872, but probably created in 1873, its subject is the harbour of Le Havre in France, using very loose brush strokes...
x The Luncheon on the Grass The Luncheon on the Grass was one of the first in a series of Parisian succès de scandales Édouard Manet Oil paint  
Le déjeuner sur l'herbe (French, "The Lunch on the Grass") — originally titled Le Bain (The Bath) — is a large oil on canvas painting by Édouard Manet. Created in 1862 and 1863, its juxtaposition of a female nude with fully dressed men sparked...
Canvas
x Luncheon of the Boating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party Pierre-Auguste Renoir Canvas Impressionism
Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881, French: Le déjeuner des canotiers) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is currently housed in the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. The painting depicts a group of Renoir's...
Oil paint
x Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre Renoir21 Pierre-Auguste Renoir Oil paint Impressionism
Bal du moulin de la Galette (commonly known as Le moulin de la Galette) is an 1876 painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. It is housed at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and is one of Impressionism's most celebrated masterpieces. The painting...
Canvas
x Mephistopheles Mephistopheles flying over Wittenberg, in a lithograph by Eugène Delacroix Eugène Delacroix      
x Liberty Leading the People 11017907.jpg Eugène Delacroix Canvas Romanticism
Liberty Leading the People (French: La Liberté guidant le peuple) is a painting by Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled Charles X. A woman personifying Liberty leads the people forward over the bodies of the...
Oil paint
x Death of Sardanapalus 38990.jpg Eugène Delacroix   Romanticism
Death of Sardanapalus (La Mort de Sardanapale) oil on canvas, dated 1827 by Eugène Delacroix, 392 x 496 cm or 12′ 1" x 16′ 3". It currently hangs in the Musee du Louvre, Paris. Its dominant feature is the bed on which a nude prostrates herself and...
x Massacre at Chios 38993.jpg Eugène Delacroix   Romanticism
"Massacre at Chios" (1824) is a painting by French Romantic artist Eugène Delacroix.
x Sultan of Morocco Lu Mullah Abder-Rahman chî sò guardi e principi: Delacroix pittiau lu quatru ntô 1845. Eugène Delacroix    
"Sultan of Morocco" (1845) is a painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix.
x The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople Eugene Delacroix's Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople 1840 Eugène Delacroix   Romanticism
"The Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople" (1840) is a painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix.
x Clorinda Rescues Olindo und Sophroni "Clorinda Rescues Olindo and Sophronia" by Eugène Delacroix Eugène Delacroix Oil paint Romanticism
"Clorinda Rescues Olindo und Sophroni" (1856) is a painting by French artist Eugene Delacroix.
Canvas
x The Descent from the Cross Close-up of the central panel of The Descent from the Cross. Peter Paul Rubens    
The Descent from the Cross is the central panel of a triptych painting by Peter Paul Rubens in 1612-1614. The painting is the second of Rubens's great altarpieces for the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium, along with The Elevation of the Cross...
x Assumption of the Virgin Mary Peter Paul Rubens Oil paint  
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary or Assumption of the Holy Virgin, is a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, completed in 1626 as an altarpiece for the high altar of the Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, where it remains. According to New Testament...
x The Three Graces Canova-Three Graces 0 degree view Peter Paul Rubens    
Antonio Canova’s statue The Three Graces is a Neo-Classical sculpture, in marble, of the mythological three charites, daughters of Zeus – identified on some engravings of the statue as, from left to right, Euphrosyne, Aglaea and Thalia - who were...
x Massacre of the Innocents Peter Paul Rubens. Massacre of the Innocents National Gallery, London Peter Paul Rubens Panel  
The Massacre of the Innocents is the title of either of two paintings by Peter Paul Rubens depicting an episode of the biblical Massacre of the Innocents as related in the Gospel of Matthew. The first version painted by Rubens dates from around 1611...
Oil paint
x Samson and Delilah Samson and Delilah by Rubens Peter Paul Rubens Oil paint  
Samson and Delilah is a painting by the Flemish Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). It dates from about 1609 to 1610. The painting depicts an episode from the Old Testament story of Samson and Delilah (Judges 16). Samson, having fallen in...
x Oath of the Horatii Oath of the Horatii (1784), by Jacques-Louis David Jacques-Louis David Oil paint  
Oath of the Horatii (French: Le Serment des Horaces), is a painting by Jacques-Louis David accomplished in 1784, before the French Revolution, which depicts the Roman salute. It grew to be considered as paradigm of neoclassical art. The painting...
x Oath of the Tennis Court Sketch by Jacques-Louis David of the Tennis Court Oath. David later became a deputy in the National Convention in 1792 Jacques-Louis David    
"Oath of the Tennis Court" (1791) is a painting by French artist Jacques-Louis David.
x The Death of Socrates The Death of Socrates, by Jacques-Louis David (1787) Jacques-Louis David    
"The Death of Socrates" (1787) is a painting by French artist Jacques-Louis David.
x The Death of Marat Death of Marat by David Jacques-Louis David Canvas Neoclassicism
The Death of Marat (French: La Mort de Marat ) is a 1793 painting in the Neoclassic style by Jacques-Louis David and is one of the most famous images of the French Revolution. It is referring to the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat, killed on the 13...
Oil paint
x The Toilet of Venus   François Boucher      
x Portrait of Marie-Louise O'Murphy   François Boucher      
x The Breakfast   François Boucher      
x Oddi altar Raphael Oil paint  
The Oddi Altar is an altarpiece that was painted in 1502-1504 by the Italian Renaissance master Raphael for the altar of the Oddi family chapel in the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia, Italy. It is presently housed in the Vatican...
x Portrait of Eugene Boch Peasant from Nuenen, 1885 Vincent van Gogh    
Portraits While Van Gogh was living in Arles, Joseph Roulin was working at the railway station, both places close to their lodgings: Roulin and his family in a dead-end street, and Van Gogh just around the corner, at 2 Place Lamartine - and both...
x Ophelia John Everett Millais Oil paint Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Ophelia is a painting by British artist Sir John Everett Millais, completed in 1852. Currently held in the Tate Britain in London, it depicts Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare's play Hamlet, singing before she drowns in a river in Denmark. The...
Canvas
x The Incredulity of Saint Thomas Caravaggio    
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, c. 1601-1602. It is housed in the Sanssouci of Potsdam, Germany. This picture seems to belong to the same group as The Inspiration of Saint Matthew and the...
x Battle of the Centaurs Michelangelo Marble Italian Renaissance
Battle of the Centaurs is a relief done by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo Buonarroti, around 1492. It is in the Florentine museum Casa Buonarroti. Battle is the second known piece made by Michelangelo. It was carved in white...
Renaissance
x View of Arles, Flowering Orchards Vincent Willem van Gogh 008 Vincent van Gogh    
View of Arles, Flowering Orchards is a painting by Vincent van Gogh, executed in spring 1889, one of several paintings he produced on the subject of Flowering Orchards while living in Arles. It supplies a view across a canal and the poplars on its...
x The Yellow Christ Yellow Christ Paul Gauguin    
The Yellow Christ (in French: Le Christ jaune) is a painting executed by Paul Gauguin in autumn 1889 in Pont-Aven. Together with The Green Christ, it is considered to be one of the key-works of Symbolism in painting. Gauguin first visited Pont-Aven...
x The Annunciation Caravaggio Oil paint  
The Annunciation is an oil painting by the Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, finished around 1608. It housed in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy. The painting has been considerably damaged and retouched, and what remains of...
x Madonna of Loreto Raphael    
The Madonna of Loreto, also known as Madonna del Velo or Madonna of the Veil, is a painting finished around 1509-1510 by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael. It is housed in the Musée Condé of Chantilly, France. The painting was given to...
x Saint Matthew and the Angel Caravaggio Oil paint  
Saint Matthew and the Angel (1602) is a painting from the Italian master Caravaggio (1571-1610), completed for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. It was destroyed in 1945 and is now known only from black and white...
x L'Absinthe L’Absinthe, by Edgar Degas Edgar Degas Oil paint  
L'Absinthe—title also translated as The Absinthe Drinker or Glass of Absinthe—is a painting by Edgar Degas. Some original title translations are A sketch of a French Café, then Figures at Café, the title was finally changed in 1893 to L’Absinthe ...
x The Lamentation over the Dead Christ Andrea Mantegna    
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ is a painting of c. 1480 of the Lamentation of Christ by the Italian Renaissance artist Andrea Mantegna. The actual painting of the piece is debated, but it is believed to have been completed between 1457 and...
x Jacob de Gheyn III Rembrandt Oil paint  
Jacob de Gheyn III, also known as Jacob III de Gheyn, is a 1632 oil painting by Rembrandt. The portrait is of Dutch engraver Jacob de Gheyn III and is part of a pair. The other piece is a portrait of de Gheyn's friend Maurits Huygens, wearing...
x Madonna of the Harpies Andrea del Sarto    
Madonna of the Harpies is an altarpiece painting by Italian Renaissance artist Andrea del Sarto, considered to be his masterpiece. Painted for the nuns of San Francesco dei Macci, this painting may be found in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. According...
x The Hay Wain John Constable 013 John Constable Oil paint  
The Hay Wain is an oil on canvas painting by John Constable. It was finished in 1821 and shows a hay wain near Flatford Mill on the River Stour in Suffolk, though because the Stour forms the border of two counties, it depicts Willy Lott's Cottage in...
x Primavera Primavera, by Sandro Botticelli Sandro Botticelli Tempera  
The Primavera is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, c. 1482. It is housed in Uffizi Gallery of Florence. In 1551, Vasari wrote that the picture which according to him announced the arrival of spring (Primavera in...
x The Women of Algiers 1623820.jpg Eugène Delacroix Oil paint Romanticism
The Women of Algiers (In Their Apartment) is an 1834 oil on canvas painting by Eugène Delacroix. It is located in the Louvre, Paris, France. The painting is notable for its sexual connotations; it depicts Algerian concubines of a harem. It also...
Canvas
x The Deposition from the Cross Jacopo Pontormo 004 Pontormo    
The Deposition from the Cross is an altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Jacopo Pontormo, completed in 1528. It is broadly considered to be the artist's surviving masterpiece. Painted in oil on wood, The Deposition is located above the...
x Madonna Litta Leonardo da Vinci Oil paint  
The Madonna Litta is one of the great paintings by Leonardo da Vinci. There are numerous replicas of the work by other Renaissance painters, and Leonardo's own preliminary sketch of Madonna's head in the Louvre. The Child's awkward posture, however,...
Giovanni Antonio Boltraffio
x The Church at Auvers The Church at Auvers Vincent van Gogh Oil paint Post-Impressionism
The Church at Auvers, was painted by Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in 1890. After Van Gogh left the asylum at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence on May 16 1890, he also left the south of France and travelled north. He visited his brother Theo...