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The Most Famous Artworks of Hermitage Museum

The 60 most celebrated works of the Hermitage Museum museum, ranked by renown across 3,085 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 Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt)
    The Union of Earth and Water (Antwerp and the Scheldt) Peter Paul Rubens · 1618
  2. Bacchus and Ariadne
    Bacchus and Ariadne Maurice Denis · 1907
  3. Slave Market in Rome
    Slave Market in Rome Jean Léon Gérôme · 1892
  4. The Great Bath at Bursa
    The Great Bath at Bursa Jean Léon Gérôme · 1893
  5. Landscape with Jupiter and Io
    Landscape with Jupiter and Io Lambert Sustris · 1557
  6. Venus and Adonis (Rubens, 1614)
    Venus and Adonis (Rubens, 1614) Peter Paul Rubens · 1610
  7. Pool in a Harem
    Pool in a Harem Jean Léon Gérôme · 1888
  8. Perseus and Andromeda
    Perseus and Andromeda Peter Paul Rubens · 1622
  9. Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard
    Portrait of a Member of the Haarlem Civic Guard Frans Hals · 1637
  10. Philip, Lord Wharton
    Philip, Lord Wharton Anthony van Dyck · 1632
  11. A Girl with a Broom
    A Girl with a Broom Dutch 17th Century · 1647
  12. Susanna Fourment and Her Daughter
    Susanna Fourment and Her Daughter Anthony van Dyck · 1621
  13. A Woman Holding a Pink
    A Woman Holding a Pink Rembrandt van Rijn · 1656
  14. Danaë
    Danaë Rembrandt van Rijn · 1636
  15. Bathsheba at her Toilette
    Bathsheba at her Toilette Pieter Lastman · 1619
  16. Place de la Concorde
    Place de la Concorde Edgar Degas · 1875
  17. Mary Magdalene in a Grotto
    Mary Magdalene in a Grotto Jules Lefebvre · 1888
  18. Adoration of the Shepherds
    Adoration of the Shepherds Juan Bautista Maíno · 1613
  19. Girl with a Fan
    Girl with a Fan Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1893
  20. The Death of Cleopatra
    The Death of Cleopatra Massimo Stanzione · 1630
  21. Separation of David and Jonathan
    Separation of David and Jonathan Rembrandt van Rijn · 1642
  22. Portrait of a Young Man
    Portrait of a Young Man Frans Hals · 1647
  23. Man in Oriental Costume
    Man in Oriental Costume Rembrandt van Rijn · 1635
  24. Allegory of Peace and Abundance
    Allegory of Peace and Abundance Hans von Aachen · 1602
  25. The Return of the Prodigal Son
    The Return of the Prodigal Son Rembrandt van Rijn · 1668
  26. Bathsheba
    Bathsheba Giovanni Battista Naldini · 1570
  27. Landscape with Diana and Actaeon
    Landscape with Diana and Actaeon Carlo Maratta · 1667
  28. Portrait of Count Nikolay Guryev
    Portrait of Count Nikolay Guryev Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1821
  29. Breakfast with a Crab
    Breakfast with a Crab Willem Claesz Heda · 1648
  30. Hunter and Hounds being Judged
    Hunter and Hounds being Judged Paulus Potter · 1650
  31. Judith
    Judith Giorgione · 1504
  32. Ruins of the Oybin
    Ruins of the Oybin Caspar David Friedrich · 1835
  33. Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice
    Arrival of the French Ambassador in Venice Canaletto · 1727
  34. Portrait of Count Nikolai Repnin-Volkonsky with His Family
    Portrait of Count Nikolai Repnin-Volkonsky with His Family Unknown · 1825
  35. Adoration of the Christ Child
    Adoration of the Christ Child Titian · 1508
  36. Benois Madonna
    Benois Madonna Leonardo da Vinci
  37. Entrance to the Port of Palermo by Moonlight
    Entrance to the Port of Palermo by Moonlight Joseph Vernet · 1769
  38. Woman Arranging her Hair
    Woman Arranging her Hair Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1894
  39. Breakfast with Fish
    Breakfast with Fish Pieter Claesz · 1653
  40. Penitent Magdalene
    Penitent Magdalene Titian · 1563
  41. Almée
    Almée Nathaniel Sichel · 1500
  42. Landscape with a Herd
    Landscape with a Herd Charles-Émile Jacque · 1872
  43. Sense of Taste
    Sense of Taste Adriaen van Ostade · 1635
  44. Execution of Hunter and Hounds
    Execution of Hunter and Hounds Paulus Potter · 1650
  45. Flora
    Flora Rembrandt van Rijn · 1634
  46. Arab Saddling his Horse
    Arab Saddling his Horse Eugène Delacroix · 1855
  47. The Wolf Hunt
    The Wolf Hunt Paulus Potter · 1650
  48. St James the Less, Sts Peter, Paul, John, Thomas, Philip, Judas and Thaddeus the Apostles
    St James the Less, Sts Peter, Paul, John, Thomas, Philip, Judas and Thaddeus the Apostles Giuseppe Vermiglio · 1000
  49. Breakfast with Ham
    Breakfast with Ham Pieter Claesz · 1647
  50. Interior of a Church
    Interior of a Church Emanuel de Witte
  51. The Lion Hunt
    The Lion Hunt Paulus Potter · 1650
  52. Nursing mother with three girls
    Nursing mother with three girls Caspar Netscher · 1675
  53. Bacchus and Ariadne
    Bacchus and Ariadne Ferdinand Bol · 1664
  54. White House at Night
    White House at Night Vincent van Gogh
  55. Allegorical Portrait of Anna of Austria as Minerva
    Allegorical Portrait of Anna of Austria as Minerva Simon Vouet · 1646
  56. Vase of Flowers
    Vase of Flowers Abraham Mignon · 1660
  57. Flight into Egypt
    Flight into Egypt Titian · 1508
  58. Danaë
    Danaë Titian · 1554
  59. Old Church (Oudekerk) in Delft with the Tomb of Admiral Pieter Pieterszoon Hein (Heyn)
    Old Church (Oudekerk) in Delft with the Tomb of Admiral Pieter Pieterszoon Hein (Heyn) Emanuel de Witte · 1650
  60. Departure of the hunt
    Departure of the hunt Philips Wouwerman