Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks

The catalog's best-known paintings, gathered into leaderboards — the most celebrated works of each movement, genre, period, and great museum, ranked by renown. A measure of fame, not of merit; read the caveat on any board.

278 leaderboards

ranked by renown

4 dimensions

movement, genre, period, museum

By movements

Most Famous Artworks of Romanticism 25,594 works
Most Famous Artworks of Impressionism 24,342 works
Most Famous Artworks of Realism 23,582 works
Most Famous Artworks of Baroque 15,170 works
Most Famous Artworks of Renaissance 10,489 works
Most Famous Artworks of Rococo painting 8,798 works
Most Famous Artworks of Dutch Golden Age 8,656 works
Most Famous Artworks of Post-Impressionism 5,702 works
Most Famous Artworks of Early Baroque Italian 4,480 works
Most Famous Artworks of Flemish Baroque painting 4,050 works
Most Famous Artworks of Northern Renaissance 3,744 works
Most Famous Artworks of Mannerism 2,964 works
Most Famous Artworks of British Romanticism 2,701 works
Most Famous Artworks of American Impressionism 2,287 works
Most Famous Artworks of Mughal Painting 2,004 works
Most Famous Artworks of Early Renaissance 1,654 works
Most Famous Artworks of Biedermeier 1,445 works
Most Famous Artworks of American Folk Art 1,414 works
Most Famous Artworks of Neoclassicism 1,186 works
Most Famous Artworks of Barbizon school 1,177 works
Most Famous Artworks of Byzantine icon painting 1,174 works
Most Famous Artworks of Ukiyo-e 1,142 works
Most Famous Artworks of High Renaissance 1,015 works
Most Famous Artworks of Orientalism 881 works
Most Famous Artworks of Patna School of Painting 862 works
Most Famous Artworks of Ming dynasty painting 751 works
Most Famous Artworks of Hudson River School 653 works
Most Famous Artworks of French Romanticism 564 works
Most Famous Artworks of French Classical Baroque 563 works
Most Famous Artworks of Abstract Expressionism 504 works
Most Famous Artworks of German Romanticism 504 works
Most Famous Artworks of Art Nouveau 490 works
Most Famous Artworks of Contemporary Abstract 483 works
Most Famous Artworks of Nihonga 411 works
Most Famous Artworks of Symbolism 404 works
Most Famous Artworks of Qing dynasty painting 385 works
Most Famous Artworks of Social Realism 343 works
Most Famous Artworks of Academic Art 325 works
Most Famous Artworks of Romanesque 324 works
Most Famous Artworks of Chinese Orthodox School 317 works
Most Famous Artworks of Spanish Baroque Tenebrist 316 works
Most Famous Artworks of Japonisme 315 works
Most Famous Artworks of High Baroque Italian 295 works
Most Famous Artworks of Song dynasty landscape 259 works
Most Famous Artworks of Italo Byzantine 216 works
Most Famous Artworks of Indian Miniature 211 works
Most Famous Artworks of Contemporary Realism 204 works
Most Famous Artworks of Pre-Raphaelite 204 works
Most Famous Artworks of Joseon dynasty painting 202 works
Most Famous Artworks of Cubism Synthetic 187 works
Most Famous Artworks of Regionalism 186 works
Most Famous Artworks of Kanō school 186 works
Most Famous Artworks of Venetian School 183 works
Most Famous Artworks of Naturalism 167 works
Most Famous Artworks of Fauvism 162 works
Most Famous Artworks of Naïve art 159 works
Most Famous Artworks of Yuan dynasty literati painting 156 works
Most Famous Artworks of Rajput painting 153 works
Most Famous Artworks of Nanga 147 works
Most Famous Artworks of Song dynasty painting 139 works
Most Famous Artworks of Plein Air 135 works
Most Famous Artworks of Art Brut 135 works
Most Famous Artworks of Sienese School 131 works
Most Famous Artworks of Bengal School 128 works
Most Famous Artworks of Gothic painting 118 works
Most Famous Artworks of Pahari Painting 117 works
Most Famous Artworks of Aestheticism 103 works
Most Famous Artworks of Venetian Renaissance 99 works
Most Famous Artworks of German Expressionism 93 works
Most Famous Artworks of Tosa School 85 works
Most Famous Artworks of Russian Icon 84 works
Most Famous Artworks of Les Nabis 80 works
Most Famous Artworks of Surrealism 77 works
Most Famous Artworks of Caravaggisti 75 works
Most Famous Artworks of Ashcan School 73 works
Most Famous Artworks of Korean Minhwa 70 works
Most Famous Artworks of De Stijl 65 works
Most Famous Artworks of Neo Expressionism 64 works
Most Famous Artworks of Rinpa school 64 works
Most Famous Artworks of Bauhaus 60 works
Most Famous Artworks of Hague School 53 works
Most Famous Artworks of Persian Miniature 47 works
Most Famous Artworks of Cubism Analytic 44 works
Most Famous Artworks of Yōga 44 works
Most Famous Artworks of Mexican Casta Painting 42 works
Most Famous Artworks of Art Informel 40 works
Most Famous Artworks of Arts and Crafts movement 38 works
Most Famous Artworks of Late Mannerism 37 works
Most Famous Artworks of Constructivism 36 works
Most Famous Artworks of Futurism 36 works
Most Famous Artworks of Pop art 36 works
Most Famous Artworks of Suprematism 36 works
Most Famous Artworks of Neo-Impressionism 31 works
Most Famous Artworks of Mexican Muralism 30 works
Most Famous Artworks of Luminism 26 works
Most Famous Artworks of Benin Bronze Tradition 24 works
Most Famous Artworks of Australian Aboriginal Painting 21 works
Most Famous Artworks of Conceptual Art 21 works
Most Famous Artworks of Maruyama Shijo 20 works

By genres

Most Famous Artworks of Portrait 33,435 works
Most Famous Artworks of Landscape 21,493 works
Most Famous Artworks of Religious 20,916 works
Most Famous Artworks of Allegory 8,397 works
Most Famous Artworks of Genre Scene 6,926 works
Most Famous Artworks of Still Life 3,942 works
Most Famous Artworks of Nude 3,594 works
Most Famous Artworks of Cityscape 3,202 works
Most Famous Artworks of Mythology 3,197 works
Most Famous Artworks of Abstract 3,068 works
Most Famous Artworks of Floral 3,068 works
Most Famous Artworks of Interior 2,691 works
Most Famous Artworks of Architectural 2,309 works
Most Famous Artworks of Animal 2,113 works
Most Famous Artworks of Marine 2,104 works
Most Famous Artworks of History Painting 2,044 works

By periods

Most Famous Artworks of Early 19th Century 31,163 works
Most Famous Artworks of Baroque 27,982 works
Most Famous Artworks of Late 19th Century 27,389 works
Most Famous Artworks of 18th Century 21,618 works
Most Famous Artworks of Renaissance 20,442 works
Most Famous Artworks of Early Modern 18,423 works
Most Famous Artworks of Contemporary 12,975 works
Most Famous Artworks of Classical Antiquity 12,249 works
Most Famous Artworks of Medieval 1,993 works
Most Famous Artworks of Ancient 22 works

By museums

Most Famous Artworks of National Gallery of Art 36,524 works
Most Famous Artworks of Victoria and Albert Museum 21,790 works
Most Famous Artworks of Cleveland Museum of Art 19,107 works
Most Famous Artworks of Museum of Modern Art 12,386 works
Most Famous Artworks of Metropolitan Museum of Art 10,887 works
Most Famous Artworks of Statens Museum for Kunst 9,100 works
Most Famous Artworks of Rijksmuseum 5,548 works
Most Famous Artworks of Palais Galliera - Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris 4,123 works
Most Famous Artworks of Bavarian State Painting Collections 3,620 works
Most Famous Artworks of Museo del Prado 3,319 works
Most Famous Artworks of Hermitage Museum 3,085 works
Most Famous Artworks of Kunsthistorisches Museum 3,050 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Museum in Warsaw 2,755 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Museum of Art of Romania 2,727 works
Most Famous Artworks of Museum of Fine Arts Boston 2,429 works
Most Famous Artworks of Art Institute of Chicago 2,294 works
Most Famous Artworks of Detroit Institute of Arts 2,095 works
Most Famous Artworks of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp 2,023 works
Most Famous Artworks of Gemäldegalerie Berlin 1,901 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Gallery of Ireland 1,799 works
Most Famous Artworks of Finnish National Gallery 1,716 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Museum in Kraków 1,686 works
Most Famous Artworks of Gavrila Simion Eco-Museum Research Institute Tulcea 1,457 works
Most Famous Artworks of Fitzwilliam Museum 1,247 works
Most Famous Artworks of Brukenthal National Museum 1,188 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Galleries Scotland 1,131 works
Most Famous Artworks of Ashmolean Museum 1,009 works
Most Famous Artworks of Bucharest Municipality Museum 990 works
Most Famous Artworks of Munch Museum 955 works
Most Famous Artworks of Nationalmuseum 953 works
Most Famous Artworks of Moldova National Museum Complex 895 works
Most Famous Artworks of Tretyakov Gallery 893 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Library of Wales 881 works
Most Famous Artworks of Kunsthaus Zürich 865 works
Most Famous Artworks of Los Angeles County Museum of Art 845 works
Most Famous Artworks of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium 838 works
Most Famous Artworks of Palace of Versailles 812 works
Most Famous Artworks of Brooklyn Museum 809 works
Most Famous Artworks of Philadelphia Museum of Art 792 works
Most Famous Artworks of Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya 779 works
Most Famous Artworks of ASTRA National Museum Complex 753 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina 697 works
Most Famous Artworks of Uffizi Gallery 688 works
Most Famous Artworks of Groeningemuseum 680 works
Most Famous Artworks of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 652 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Palace Museum 577 works
Most Famous Artworks of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 536 works
Most Famous Artworks of Walters Art Museum 532 works
Most Famous Artworks of Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki – MOMus 531 works
Most Famous Artworks of Hungarian National Gallery 515 works
Most Famous Artworks of "Dimitrie Gusti" National Village Museum 452 works
Most Famous Artworks of J. Paul Getty Museum 439 works
Most Famous Artworks of National Museum of Ancient Art 417 works
Most Famous Artworks of Athens School of Fine Arts 360 works
Most Famous Artworks of Art Museum of Constanta 358 works
Most Famous Artworks of Ethnographical Museum of Transylvania 355 works
Most Famous Artworks of Städel Museum 324 works
Most Famous Artworks of Helsinki City Museum 318 works
Most Famous Artworks of Hamburger Kunsthalle 317 works
Most Famous Artworks of Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon 315 works