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The Most Famous Artworks of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The 60 most celebrated works of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston museum, ranked by renown across 652 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. Leda and the Swan
    Leda and the Swan Peter Paul Rubens · 1601
  2. Banquet Piece with Ham
    Banquet Piece with Ham Willem Claesz Heda · 1656
  3. Autumn on Greenwood Lake
    Autumn on Greenwood Lake Jasper Francis Cropsey · 1861
  4. View of the Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia, from the Opposite Side of the Schuylkill River
    View of the Fairmount Waterworks, Philadelphia, from the Opposite Side of the Schuylkill River Thomas Doughty · 1824
  5. Roman Shepherd Family in the Campagna
    Roman Shepherd Family in the Campagna François-Joseph Navez · 1823
  6. Still Life with Bouquet and Fan
    Still Life with Bouquet and Fan Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1871
  7. Tabletop Still Life with Mince Pie and Basket of Grapes
    Tabletop Still Life with Mince Pie and Basket of Grapes Pieter Claesz · 1625
  8. The Elder Sister
    The Elder Sister William Adolphe Bouguereau · 1869
  9. The Betrothal of the Virgin
    The Betrothal of the Virgin Albrecht Dürer · 1504
  10. Fantasy View with the Pantheon and other Monuments of Ancient Rome
    Fantasy View with the Pantheon and other Monuments of Ancient Rome Giovanni Paolo Panini · 1737
  11. Marsh Sunset, Newburyport, Massachusetts
    Marsh Sunset, Newburyport, Massachusetts Martin Johnson Heade · 1888
  12. Still Life: The Smell
    Still Life: The Smell Evert Collier · 1701
  13. A View of Asheville, North Carolina
    A View of Asheville, North Carolina Robert Seldon Duncanson · 1850
  14. The Nativity with Shepherds
    The Nativity with Shepherds Francesco Vecellio · 1522
  15. Portrait of the Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duchess of Parma
    Portrait of the Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Duchess of Parma Johann Zoffany · 1790
  16. A Wooded Landscape with a Pond
    A Wooded Landscape with a Pond Jacob van Ruisdael · 1648
  17. The Eiffel Tower
    The Eiffel Tower Henri Rousseau · 1900
  18. Madonna and Child with Saint John The Baptist
    Madonna and Child with Saint John The Baptist Guercino · 1616
  19. Virgin and Child with Saints Mary Magdalene, Peter, Clare, Francis, and an Abbess
    Virgin and Child with Saints Mary Magdalene, Peter, Clare, Francis, and an Abbess Scarsellino · 1595
  20. The Immaculate Conception
    The Immaculate Conception Juan Carreño de Miranda · 1659
  21. Diana as Huntress
    Diana as Huntress Nicolaes de Helt Stockade · 1654
  22. The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Michael, Catherine of Alexandria, Cecilia, and Jerome
    The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Michael, Catherine of Alexandria, Cecilia, and Jerome Girolamo Marchesi · 1512
  23. The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas
    The Royal Hunt of Dido and Aeneas Francesco Solimena · 1712
  24. A Couple in an Interior
    A Couple in an Interior Jan Miense Molenaer · 1652
  25. River Landscape with a Church in the Distance
    River Landscape with a Church in the Distance Jan van Goyen · 1644
  26. The Holy Family
    The Holy Family Unknown · 1525
  27. Rocks
    Rocks Vincent van Gogh · 1888
  28. The Goose Girl at Montfoucault (White Frost)
    The Goose Girl at Montfoucault (White Frost) Camille Pissarro · 1875
  29. The Holy Family
    The Holy Family Jan Gossaert · 1520
  30. Boy with Toy Horse
    Boy with Toy Horse Charles Willson Peale · 1768
  31. Portrait of a Woman
    Portrait of a Woman Frans Hals · 1650
  32. Blind Man's Bluff
    Blind Man's Bluff Nicolas Lancret · 1726
  33. Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829)
    Thomas Taylour, Viscount of Headfort, later 2nd Earl of Bective and 1st Marquess of Headfort (1757–1829) Pompeo Batoni
  34. Head of a Monk (Jan Malderus, Bishop of Antwerp, as Saint Bonaventura)
    Head of a Monk (Jan Malderus, Bishop of Antwerp, as Saint Bonaventura) Anthony van Dyck · 1630
  35. Charles Louis, Elector Palatine
    Charles Louis, Elector Palatine Anthony van Dyck · 1637
  36. Apollo Flaying Marsyas
    Apollo Flaying Marsyas Dirck van Baburen · 1619
  37. Triptych of Virgin and Child; Saints Catherine and Barbara
    Triptych of Virgin and Child; Saints Catherine and Barbara Simon Bening · 1520
  38. Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Paul
    Madonna and Child with Saints Peter and Paul Pietro degli Ingannati
  39. Juno and Luna
    Juno and Luna Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1740
  40. Venus Chastising Cupid
    Venus Chastising Cupid Jan van Bijlert · 1628
  41. Allegory of Knowledge and the Arts in Naples
    Allegory of Knowledge and the Arts in Naples Paolo de Matteis · 1704
  42. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Master of the Straus Madonna · 1399
  43. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Antonio Vivarini · 1440
  44. Rue Ravignan, Paris
    Rue Ravignan, Paris Maximilien Luce · 1897
  45. Diana and Actaeon
    Diana and Actaeon Hans Rottenhammer · 1601
  46. The Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge, Venice
    The Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge, Venice Canaletto · 1728
  47. Pan and Syrinx
    Pan and Syrinx Pierre Mignard I · 1662
  48. Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
    Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist Jacopo da Empoli · 1601
  49. The Road to Calvary
    The Road to Calvary Charles Le Brun · 1600
  50. The Stigmatization of Saint Francis
    The Stigmatization of Saint Francis Orazio Gentileschi · 1601
  51. The Baptism of Christ
    The Baptism of Christ Pieter Isaacsz · 1596
  52. The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice
    The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice Jorge Manuel Theocupulus · 1625
  53. Madonna and Child with Saint and a Donor
    Madonna and Child with Saint and a Donor Master of the Pala Sforzesca · 1498
  54. Dovedale by Moonlight
    Dovedale by Moonlight Joseph Wright of Derby · 1793
  55. Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist
    Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist Pinturicchio · 1496
  56. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Master of the Holy Blood · 1510
  57. Mother and Child (The First Portrait)
    Mother and Child (The First Portrait) William Merritt Chase · 1894
  58. Regatta at the Rialto Bridge
    Regatta at the Rialto Bridge Francesco Guardi · 1770
  59. Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld
    Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1861
  60. Diana and Actaeon
    Diana and Actaeon Jan Brueghel, the elder · 1600