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The Most Famous Artworks of Fitzwilliam Museum

The 60 most celebrated works of the Fitzwilliam Museum museum, ranked by renown across 1,247 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 little faun
    The little faun Charles Sims · 1905
  2. Open wicker basket of mixed flowers, including iris, roses, poppies, hollyhock, marygold, larkspur and convolulus on a marble ledge with an open pomegrante and a goldfinch with its nest
    Open wicker basket of mixed flowers, including iris, roses, poppies, hollyhock, marygold, larkspur and convolulus on a marble ledge with an open pomegrante and a goldfinch with its nest Cornelis van Spaendonck · 1795
  3. Tarquin and Lucretia
    Tarquin and Lucretia Titian · 1571
  4. A stoneware vase of flowers
    A stoneware vase of flowers Jan Brueghel, the elder · 1608
  5. Venus and Cupid with a lute-player
    Venus and Cupid with a lute-player Titian · 1560
  6. Virgin and Child enthroned; St Bonaventura (left); St Louis of Toulouse (right). below, four pairs of figures of Saints: St Agatha and St Augustine; an unidentified female Franciscan Saint and St Clar
    Virgin and Child enthroned; St Bonaventura (left); St Louis of Toulouse (right). below, four pairs of figures of Saints: St Agatha and St Augustine; an unidentified female Franciscan Saint and St Clar Vittore Crivelli · 1495
  7. Capriccio with Elegant Figures
    Capriccio with Elegant Figures Antonio Joli · 1750
  8. Diptych: Calvary and Virgin with Child, Saint Philip and the donor
    Diptych: Calvary and Virgin with Child, Saint Philip and the donor Unknown · 1500
  9. Kitchen utensils, meat and vegetables
    Kitchen utensils, meat and vegetables Floris van Schooten · 1605
  10. La Bonne Aventure
    La Bonne Aventure Jean-Baptiste Pater · 1720
  11. Italian Landscape with Monte Socrate
    Italian Landscape with Monte Socrate Jan Both · 1643
  12. Portraits of five artists, Giotto, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and Brunelleschi
    Portraits of five artists, Giotto, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and Brunelleschi Francesco Salviati · 1560
  13. A basket of flowers
    A basket of flowers Jan Brueghel, the elder · 1606
  14. The Crucifixion
    The Crucifixion Abraham van Diepenbeeck · 1650
  15. A Vase of Flowers
    A Vase of Flowers Simon Pietersz Verelst · 1669
  16. The Four Days' Battle, 1-4 June 1666
    The Four Days' Battle, 1-4 June 1666 Abraham Storck · 1670
  17. A Village Festival, With a Theatrical Performance and a Procession in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony
    A Village Festival, With a Theatrical Performance and a Procession in Honour of St Hubert and St Anthony Pieter Brueghel the Younger · 1632
  18. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jan van Kessel the Elder · 1648
  19. A Young Boy Copying a Painting
    A Young Boy Copying a Painting Wallerant Vaillant · 1670
  20. Portrait of a Boy
    Portrait of a Boy Gerrit Dou · 1650
  21. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jan Philip van Thielen · 1654
  22. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jan Philip van Thielen · 1654
  23. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jan Philip van Thielen · 1641
  24. Self-portrait with the Colosseum
    Self-portrait with the Colosseum Maarten van Heemskerck · 1553
  25. The Flagellation
    The Flagellation Master of the Berswordt Altar · 1400
  26. Still-life
    Still-life Pieter Claesz · 1630
  27. Portrait of a man
    Portrait of a man Anthony van Dyck · 1630
  28. The Hon. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion
    The Hon. Richard Fitzwilliam, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion Joseph Wright of Derby · 1764
  29. Adoration of the Kings
    Adoration of the Kings Joos van Cleve · 1522
  30. Dirck Decker of Amsterdam
    Dirck Decker of Amsterdam Jan Andrea Lievens · 1671
  31. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Daniel Seghers · 1640
  32. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jan Philip van Thielen · 1650
  33. Vase of flowers
    Vase of flowers Mélanie de Comoléra · 1830
  34. Auvers-sur-Oise: La mare à Daubigny
    Auvers-sur-Oise: La mare à Daubigny Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1857
  35. Landscape, with Diana and Actaeon
    Landscape, with Diana and Actaeon Dirck van der Lisse · 1648
  36. The bird-trap
    The bird-trap Unknown
  37. The Last of England
    The Last of England Ford Madox Brown · 1860
  38. La Balançoire
    La Balançoire Jean-Baptiste Pater · 1725
  39. View of the Grand Canal: Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo
    View of the Grand Canal: Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo Canaletto · 1730
  40. Saint Lanfranc Enthroned Between Saints John the Baptist and Liberius
    Saint Lanfranc Enthroned Between Saints John the Baptist and Liberius Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano · 1515
  41. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jan van Kessel the Elder · 1667
  42. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jean-Michel Picart · 1650
  43. La Roche à Bayard, Dinant
    La Roche à Bayard, Dinant Gustave Courbet · 1856
  44. Virgin and Child enthroned between St Ursula and St Catherine
    Virgin and Child enthroned between St Ursula and St Catherine Davide Ghirlandaio · 1490
  45. Still-life with fruit
    Still-life with fruit Jan Davidsz. de Heem · 1640
  46. Landscape with St John baptising
    Landscape with St John baptising Domenichino · 1615
  47. The Schoolmaster
    The Schoolmaster Gerrit Dou · 1645
  48. Route de Port-Marly
    Route de Port-Marly Camille Pissarro · 1863
  49. Flowers in a glass vase
    Flowers in a glass vase Jan Davidsz. de Heem · 1670
  50. Portrait of a lady
    Portrait of a lady Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt · 1615
  51. Madonna and Child
    Madonna and Child Sebastiano del Piombo · 1547
  52. Virgin and Child enthroned
    Virgin and Child enthroned Lorenzo Monaco · 1400
  53. A lady holding a plate
    A lady holding a plate Godfried Schalcken · 1693
  54. L'Enlèvement (The Abduction)
    L'Enlèvement (The Abduction) Paul Cézanne · 1867
  55. The Grand Canal, Venice, above the Rialto bridge
    The Grand Canal, Venice, above the Rialto bridge Michele Marieschi · 1736
  56. Bacchus and Ariadne
    Bacchus and Ariadne Pieter van der Werff · 1712
  57. The Groote Kerk at Haarlem
    The Groote Kerk at Haarlem Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde · 1674
  58. Woman at a Window with a Copper Bowl of Apples and a Cock Pheasant
    Woman at a Window with a Copper Bowl of Apples and a Cock Pheasant Gerrit Dou · 1663
  59. La Maison de la Piette, Montfoucault, effet de neige
    La Maison de la Piette, Montfoucault, effet de neige Camille Pissarro · 1874
  60. A vase of flowers
    A vase of flowers Jacob Campo Weyerman · 1730