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The Most Famous Artworks of Academic Art

The 60 most celebrated works of the Academic Art movement, ranked by renown across 325 works in the catalog.

A note on the ranking: "fame" here is a measure of renown, not of merit — synthesised from how widely a work is cited and held. It leans toward the Western canon and the best-digitised collections. Read it as a popular index, not a verdict.

  1. Salome
    Salome Henri Regnault · 1870
  2. The Storm
    The Storm Pierre Auguste Cot
  3. Pygmalion and Galatea
    Pygmalion and Galatea Jean Léon Gérôme · 1896
  4. Young man in Mayo costume
    Young man in Mayo costume Édouard Manet · 1863
  5. The Matador Saluting
    The Matador Saluting Édouard Manet · 1866
  6. The Woman in the Waves
    The Woman in the Waves Gustave Courbet · 1868
  7. The Source
    The Source Gustave Courbet · 1862
  8. The Horse Fair
    The Horse Fair Rosa Bonheur · 1853
  9. Woman with a Parrot
    Woman with a Parrot Gustave Courbet · 1866
  10. The American School
    The American School Matthew Pratt · 1765
  11. Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
    Self-Portrait with Two Pupils Adélaïde Labille-Guiard · 1793
  12. The Dead Christ with Angels
    The Dead Christ with Angels Édouard Manet · 1864
  13. The Death of Socrates
    The Death of Socrates Jacques-Louis David · 1794
  14. The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter
    The Interior of an Atelier of a Woman Painter Marie-Victoire Lemoine · 1795
  15. Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes
    Portrait of Charlotte du Val d'Ognes Marie-Denise Villers · 1801
  16. A Dance in the Country
    A Dance in the Country Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo · 1755
  17. Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife
    Portrait of Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier and his wife Jacques-Louis David · 1794
  18. Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)
    Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau) John Singer Sargent · 1892
  19. 1807, Friedland
    1807, Friedland Ernest Meissonier · 1875
  20. Young Lady in 1866
    Young Lady in 1866 Édouard Manet · 1866
  21. The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page
    The Empress Elizabeth of Russia (1709–1762) on Horseback, Attended by a Page Georg Cristoph Grooth · 1740
  22. Tea
    Tea James Tissot · 1872
  23. Oedipus and the Sphinx
    Oedipus and the Sphinx Gustave Moreau · 1864
  24. Slave Market in Rome
    Slave Market in Rome Jean Léon Gérôme · 1892
  25. The Great Bath at Bursa
    The Great Bath at Bursa Jean Léon Gérôme · 1893
  26. Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby
    Elizabeth Farren (born about 1759, died 1829), Later Countess of Derby Thomas Lawrence · 1796
  27. The Virgin Adoring the Host
    The Virgin Adoring the Host Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1852
  28. Self-Portrait with a Harp
    Self-Portrait with a Harp Rose-Adélaïde Ducreux · 1796
  29. The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus
    The Triumph of Aemilius Paulus Carle Vernet · 1795
  30. Mrs. William Man Godschall (Sarah Godschall, 1730–1795)
    Mrs. William Man Godschall (Sarah Godschall, 1730–1795) John Russell · 1796
  31. Young Ladies of the Village
    Young Ladies of the Village Gustave Courbet · 1851
  32. The Pearl and the Wave
    The Pearl and the Wave Paul Baudry · 1862
  33. Cadwallader Colden and His Grandson Warren De Lancey
    Cadwallader Colden and His Grandson Warren De Lancey Matthew Pratt · 1772
  34. The Spanish Singer
    The Spanish Singer Édouard Manet · 1860
  35. Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners
    Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners Alexandre Cabanel
  36. Head of an Italian Woman
    Head of an Italian Woman Jean Léon Gérôme · 1844
  37. Mary Magdalene
    Mary Magdalene Lawrence Alma-Tadema · 1854
  38. Moorish Bath
    Moorish Bath Jean Léon Gérôme · 1870
  39. Pool in a Harem
    Pool in a Harem Jean Léon Gérôme · 1888
  40. The Baptism of Christ
    The Baptism of Christ Sebastiano Ricci · 1713
  41. The Two Bathers
    The Two Bathers William Adolphe Bouguereau · 1892
  42. Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell
    Vase of Flowers and Conch Shell Anne Vallayer-Coster · 1790
  43. Teasing a Sleeping Girl
    Teasing a Sleeping Girl Gaspare Traversi · 1760
  44. Springtime
    Springtime Pierre Auguste Cot · 1873
  45. Hagar in the Wilderness
    Hagar in the Wilderness Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1835
  46. After the Hunt
    After the Hunt Gustave Courbet · 1859
  47. Soap Bubbles
    Soap Bubbles Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin · 1733
  48. Broken Eggs
    Broken Eggs Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1756
  49. The Birth of Venus
    The Birth of Venus Alexandre Cabanel · 1875
  50. Departure of the Amazons
    Departure of the Amazons Claude Deruet · 1620
  51. Aegina Visited by Jupiter
    Aegina Visited by Jupiter Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1768
  52. Odalisque
    Odalisque Jules Lefebvre · 1874
  53. Vaprio d'Adda
    Vaprio d'Adda Bernardo Bellotto · 1744
  54. Edward Guthrie Kennedy
    Edward Guthrie Kennedy William Merritt Chase · 1895
  55. The Sackville Children
    The Sackville Children John Hoppner · 1798
  56. Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare
    Hunting Dogs with Dead Hare Gustave Courbet · 1857
  57. Lady with the Rose
    Lady with the Rose John Singer Sargent · 1892
  58. The Interrupted Sleep
    The Interrupted Sleep François Boucher · 1750
  59. The Writing Master
    The Writing Master Thomas Eakins · 1882
  60. Captain George K. H. Coussmaker
    Captain George K. H. Coussmaker Joshua Reynolds · 1792