Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of French Classical Baroque

The 60 most celebrated works of the French Classical Baroque movement, ranked by renown across 563 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. The Penitent Magdalen
    The Penitent Magdalen Georges de La Tour · 1640
  2. Everhard Jabach (1618–1695) and His Family
  3. Portrait of King Charles II of England
    Portrait of King Charles II of England Philippe de Champaigne · 1653
  4. Landscape with the Rest on the Flight into Egypt
  5. Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man Jean Saillant · 1628
  6. Allegory of Music
    Allegory of Music Laurent de La Hyre · 1649
  7. Sunrise
    Sunrise Claude Lorrain · 1646
  8. Countess Ebba Sparre
    Countess Ebba Sparre Sébastien Bourdon · 1652
  9. Mercury and Battus
    Mercury and Battus Francisque Millet · 1670
  10. The Sacrifice of Polyxena
    The Sacrifice of Polyxena Charles Le Brun · 1647
  11. Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna
  12. Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love
    Allegory of Sacred and Profane Love Michele Desubleo · 1670
  13. Rest on the Flight into Egypt
    Rest on the Flight into Egypt Claude Lorrain · 1640
  14. An Allegory, Probably of the Peace of Utrecht of 1713
  15. Classical Landscape with Figures
    Classical Landscape with Figures Henri Mauperche · 1654
  16. A Classical Landscape
    A Classical Landscape Sébastien Bourdon · 1664
  17. Portrait of a Military Officer
    Portrait of a Military Officer Rigaud Hyacinthe · 1710
  18. The Annunciation
    The Annunciation Philippe de Champaigne · 1644
  19. Imaginary Landscape
    Imaginary Landscape Gaspard Dughet · 1655
  20. Angelica and Medoro
    Angelica and Medoro Jacques Blanchard · 1630
  21. The Baptism of Christ
    The Baptism of Christ Sébastien Bourdon · 1650
  22. Omer Talon
    Omer Talon Philippe de Champaigne · 1649
  23. Gaspard de Daillon du Lude (ca. 1602–1676)
  24. Portrait of Hortense Mancini
    Portrait of Hortense Mancini Henri Gascar · 1665
  25. Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683)
    Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683) Philippe de Champaigne · 1655
  26. Landscape with Erminia
    Landscape with Erminia Claude Lorrain · 1630
  27. Vertumnus and Pomona
    Vertumnus and Pomona Thomas Lefèbvre · 1688
  28. View of La Crescenza
    View of La Crescenza Claude Lorrain · 1650
  29. River Landscape
    River Landscape Alexandre-François Desportes · 1714
  30. Mythological portrait of Louis XIV and the royal family
  31. Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man French 17th Century · 1650
  32. Flowers in a Classical Vase
    Flowers in a Classical Vase French 17th Century · 1650
  33. God the Father
    God the Father French 17th Century · 1664
  34. Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man French 17th Century · 1650
  35. Rocky Landscape with Hunters
    Rocky Landscape with Hunters Gaspard Dughet · 1635
  36. Saint Mary Magdalen
    Saint Mary Magdalen Simon Vouet · 1630
  37. Guillaume Budé (1467–1540)
    Guillaume Budé (1467–1540) Jean Clouet · 1536
  38. Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man Unknown · 1700
  39. The Young Louis XIV
    The Young Louis XIV Pierre Mignard I · 1663
  40. God the Father
    God the Father Pierre Mignard I · 1664
  41. The Finding of Moses
    The Finding of Moses Sébastien Bourdon · 1658
  42. The Judgment of Paris
    The Judgment of Paris Claude Lorrain · 1646
  43. The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
    The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence Jean Baptiste de Champaigne · 1660
  44. Allegorical Portrait of Anna of Austria as Minerva
  45. The Trojan Women Setting Fire to Their Fleet
  46. Portrait of Robert Levrac-Tournières
  47. Rest on the Flight into Egypt
    Rest on the Flight into Egypt Charles Poerson · 1640
  48. Portrait of a Woman
    Portrait of a Woman Jean Petitot · 1665
  49. Bathing Nymphs
    Bathing Nymphs Toussaint Gelton · 1662
  50. The Birth of Minerva
    The Birth of Minerva René-Antoine Houasse · 1694
  51. Establishment of the French Academy of Sciences and of Paris Observatory
  52. Singers
    Singers Jean LeClerc · 1610
  53. Landscape
    Landscape Gaspard Dughet · 1640
  54. Naval Battle of Vigo Bay, 23 October 1702. Episode from the War of the Spanish Succession
  55. Portrait of Louis XIV of France
  56. Marie Thérèse of Austria in Royal Costume
    Marie Thérèse of Austria in Royal Costume Henri and Charles Beaubrun · 1660
  57. The young Louis XIV with his brother Philippe and his governess Françoise de Souvré, marquise de Lansac
  58. Louis XIV, King of France
    Louis XIV, King of France Unknown · 1653
  59. Silvio with the Wounded Dorinda
    Silvio with the Wounded Dorinda Louis Vallée · 165
  60. The Rest on the Fligth into Egypt
    The Rest on the Fligth into Egypt Nicolas-Pierre Loir · 1659