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The Most Famous Artworks of Kunsthaus Zürich

The 60 most celebrated works of the Kunsthaus Zürich museum, ranked by renown across 865 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. Rochefort's Escape
    Rochefort's Escape Édouard Manet · 1880
  2. A Clean Sweep
    A Clean Sweep Jan Miense Molenaer · 1635
  3. Portrait du sultan du Maroc
    Portrait du sultan du Maroc Eugène Delacroix · 1862
  4. Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne
    Portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne Amedeo Modigliani · 1918
  5. Peasant Feast
    Peasant Feast Adriaen Brouwer · 1626
  6. Glass of flowers, plate with grapes, plate with plums and crow cup of black raspberries
    Glass of flowers, plate with grapes, plate with plums and crow cup of black raspberries Isaak Soreau
  7. Music on Karl Johan
    Music on Karl Johan Edvard Munch · 1895
  8. Selfportrait
    Selfportrait Anselm Feuerbach
  9. Peasant and Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes
    Peasant and Peasant Woman Planting Potatoes Vincent van Gogh · 1885
  10. View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields
    View of Haarlem with Bleaching Fields Jacob van Ruisdael · 1670
  11. Bodmer und Füssli vor der Büste Homers
    Bodmer und Füssli vor der Büste Homers Henry Fuseli · 1790
  12. The Sick Girl
    The Sick Girl Félix Vallotton · 1896
  13. Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow
    Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow Piet Mondrian · 1930
  14. Orpheus leads Eurydice from Hades (Ovid, Metamorphoses, X, 1-39)
    Orpheus leads Eurydice from Hades (Ovid, Metamorphoses, X, 1-39) Peter Paul Rubens · 1637
  15. Still life with a large berkemeyer, silver chalice and a gold pocket watch
    Still life with a large berkemeyer, silver chalice and a gold pocket watch Pieter Claesz · 1632
  16. Interior with red armchair and figures
    Interior with red armchair and figures Félix Vallotton · 1900
  17. View from the Dunes to the Sea
    View from the Dunes to the Sea Jacob van Ruisdael · 1655
  18. Belling the cat
    Belling the cat Pieter Brueghel the Younger · 1598
  19. View of the Elbe near the Brühlsche Terrasse
    View of the Elbe near the Brühlsche Terrasse Johan Christian Dahl · 1824
  20. Self portrait with model
    Self portrait with model Lovis Corinth · 1903
  21. Thetis bittet Hephaistos, für ihren Sohn Achilleus eine Rüstung zu schmieden
    Thetis bittet Hephaistos, für ihren Sohn Achilleus eine Rüstung zu schmieden Henry Fuseli · 1803
  22. La Visite
    La Visite Félix Vallotton · 1900
  23. Portrait de Suzanne de Boubers de Bernâtre, épouse de Balthasar Keller
    Portrait de Suzanne de Boubers de Bernâtre, épouse de Balthasar Keller Rigaud Hyacinthe · 1694
  24. The Adored Youth
    The Adored Youth Ferdinand Hodler · 1904
  25. Portrait of a man with a tassle collar holding gloves or flax
    Portrait of a man with a tassle collar holding gloves or flax Frans Hals · 1606
  26. Roses in a glass vase
    Roses in a glass vase Daniel Seghers · 1640
  27. Portrait of Cleophea Krieg von Bellikon
    Portrait of Cleophea Krieg von Bellikon Hans Asper · 1538
  28. Titania, Bottom and the Fairies
    Titania, Bottom and the Fairies Henry Fuseli · 1797
  29. Sleeping Venus Surprised by Satyrs
    Sleeping Venus Surprised by Satyrs Nicolas Poussin · 1626
  30. Vase with Musk-mallows
    Vase with Musk-mallows Vincent van Gogh
  31. La montagne Sainte-Victoire
    La montagne Sainte-Victoire Paul Cézanne · 1905
  32. Sitting Monk, Reading
    Sitting Monk, Reading Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1865
  33. Winter in Kragerø
    Winter in Kragerø Edvard Munch · 1925
  34. Beech Tree in Autumn
    Beech Tree in Autumn Johan Christian Dahl · 1814
  35. Winter Night
    Winter Night Edvard Munch · 1900
  36. Winter Landscape
    Winter Landscape Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem · 1652
  37. Apostle Simon
    Apostle Simon Rembrandt van Rijn · 1661
  38. Christ on the Sea of Galilee
    Christ on the Sea of Galilee Eugène Delacroix · 1853
  39. Houses of Parliament, sunset
    Houses of Parliament, sunset Claude Monet · 1904
  40. Head of a Bearded Man
    Head of a Bearded Man Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1808
  41. Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti)
    Portrait of Monsieur X (Pierre Loti) Henri Rousseau · 1906
  42. Green Wheat Field
    Green Wheat Field Vincent van Gogh · 1889
  43. Portrait of Winckelmann
    Portrait of Winckelmann Angelica Kauffmann · 1764
  44. Portrait of Marthe Mellot
    Portrait of Marthe Mellot Félix Vallotton · 1900
  45. La Mère et l'Enfant (Chien sous la table)
    La Mère et l'Enfant (Chien sous la table) Fernand Léger · 1920
  46. Bancs de sable sur la Loire
    Bancs de sable sur la Loire Félix Vallotton · 1923
  47. Signac and his friends in boat
    Signac and his friends in boat Pierre Bonnard · 1914
  48. Ambroise Vollard Portrait
    Ambroise Vollard Portrait Pierre Bonnard · 1904
  49. Trout
    Trout Gustave Courbet · 1872
  50. Esche's Children
    Esche's Children Edvard Munch · 1905
  51. Albert Kollmann
    Albert Kollmann Edvard Munch · 1901
  52. Grainstack in Sunlight
    Grainstack in Sunlight Claude Monet · 1896
  53. The Big Pear Tree at Montfoucault
    The Big Pear Tree at Montfoucault Camille Pissarro · 1888
  54. Portrait of Herbert Esche
    Portrait of Herbert Esche Edvard Munch · 1905
  55. Portrait de Balthasar Keller, fondeur
    Portrait de Balthasar Keller, fondeur Rigaud Hyacinthe · 1693
  56. Hanni Esche
    Hanni Esche Edvard Munch · 1905
  57. Gymnasts' Banquet
    Gymnasts' Banquet Ferdinand Hodler · 1889
  58. Ellen Warburg
    Ellen Warburg Edvard Munch · 1905
  59. The Harbour in Lübeck
    The Harbour in Lübeck Edvard Munch · 1907
  60. Bassin de Marly
    Bassin de Marly Alfred Sisley · 1875