Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

The 60 most celebrated works of the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon museum, ranked by renown across 315 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 Flight into Egypt
    The Flight into Egypt Nicolas Poussin · 1658
  2. Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius
    Last Words of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Eugène Delacroix · 1844
  3. Good and Evil
    Good and Evil Victor Orsel · 1830
  4. Danae
    Danae Jacopo Tintoretto · 1570
  5. Girl with a Nest
    Girl with a Nest Charles Joshua Chaplin · 1869
  6. The Reading
    The Reading Henri Fantin-Latour · 1889
  7. Etretat, Rough Seas
    Etretat, Rough Seas Claude Monet · 1892
  8. Champ de blé dans le Morvan
    Champ de blé dans le Morvan Jean Baptiste Camille Corot · 1842
  9. Le baptême du Christ
    Le baptême du Christ Monogrammist AH · 1500
  10. The Ricotta Eaters
    The Ricotta Eaters Vincenzo Campi · 1590
  11. Animal market
    Animal market Jean-Jacques de Boissieu · 1796
  12. Vanity
    Vanity Nicolas Régnier · 1630
  13. The Grand Canal in Venice
    The Grand Canal in Venice Bernardo Bellotto · 1736
  14. Still Life with a Peacock
    Still Life with a Peacock Alexandre-François Desportes · 1714
  15. Corinne au Cap Misène
    Corinne au Cap Misène François Gérard · 1819
  16. Saint Francis of Assisi
    Saint Francis of Assisi Francisco de Zurbarán · 1640
  17. The Tournament
    The Tournament Pierre Révoil · 1812
  18. Flower garland with portrait of William III of Orange, aged 10
  19. Death of Sophonisbe
    Death of Sophonisbe Mattia Preti · 1665
  20. Kew Greens
    Kew Greens Camille Pissarro · 1896
  21. Christ and the Samaritan Woman
    Christ and the Samaritan Woman Jean-François de Troy · 1742
  22. The Lady Giving Charity
    The Lady Giving Charity Jean-Baptiste Greuze · 1772
  23. The Banks of the Marne
    The Banks of the Marne Albert Gleizes · 1909
  24. Arch of Triumph in Ruins
    Arch of Triumph in Ruins Hubert Robert · 1790
  25. The resurrection of Lazarrus
    The resurrection of Lazarrus Jacquelin de Montluçon · 1498
  26. Sitting Lady Reading a Letter with a man
    Sitting Lady Reading a Letter with a man Gerard ter Borch · 1658
  27. The Happy Lovers
    The Happy Lovers Gustave Courbet · 1844
  28. France comforted by Time
    France comforted by Time Jean-Charles Nicaise Perrin · 1802
  29. Narcissus
    Narcissus François Lemoyne · 1728
  30. Judith
    Judith Jules-Claude Ziegler · 1847
  31. Portrait of a Woman
    Portrait of a Woman Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt · 1631
  32. Ascension of Christ
    Ascension of Christ Pietro Perugino · 1450
  33. Portrait of Maria Smit, wife of Gideon de Wildt
    Portrait of Maria Smit, wife of Gideon de Wildt Bartholomeus van der Helst · 1657
  34. Nave Nave Mahana
    Nave Nave Mahana Paul Gauguin · 1898
  35. The Messageot Charve Family
    The Messageot Charve Family Lucile Messageot · 1800
  36. The Finding of Moses
    The Finding of Moses Paolo Veronese · 1550
  37. Woman with a Parrot
    Woman with a Parrot Eugène Delacroix · 1827
  38. The climbing of the Calvaire
    The climbing of the Calvaire Master of Saint-Germain-des-Prés · 1505
  39. Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England
  40. Couple making music behind a balustrade
    Couple making music behind a balustrade Gerard van Honthorst · 1623
  41. The Publisher Eugène Figuière
    The Publisher Eugène Figuière Albert Gleizes · 1913
  42. Woman Playing a Guitar
    Woman Playing a Guitar Pierre-Auguste Renoir · 1899
  43. Portrait of a Boy
    Portrait of a Boy Jan van Noordt · 1665
  44. Flower piece with cat and mousetrap
    Flower piece with cat and mousetrap Abraham Mignon · 1670
  45. View of the Fish Market in Haarlem from the City Hall
    View of the Fish Market in Haarlem from the City Hall Gerrit Adriaenszoon Berckheyde · 1673
  46. Nativity
    Nativity Monogrammist AH · 1500
  47. The Wave
    The Wave Gustave Courbet · 1869
  48. Saint Herculanus and Saint James the Great
  49. Head of a Peasant Woman with Green Shawl
    Head of a Peasant Woman with Green Shawl Vincent van Gogh · 1885
  50. Self-portrait
    Self-portrait Simon Vouet · 1626
  51. La lecture abandonnée
    La lecture abandonnée Félix Vallotton · 1924
  52. Saint Catherine
    Saint Catherine Claude Guinet · 1507
  53. The Coronation of Inês de Castro in 1361
    The Coronation of Inês de Castro in 1361 Pierre Charles Comte · 1849
  54. Madonna and Child with Angels
    Madonna and Child with Angels Quinten Metsys · 1509
  55. Holy Family (Nativity)
    Holy Family (Nativity) Lorenzo Costa · 1496
  56. Insane Woman
    Insane Woman Théodore Géricault · 1819
  57. Castle on a Mountain with a Waterfall and Pine trees
  58. Crucifixion
    Crucifixion Simon Vouet · 1636
  59. Woman Playing the Clavichord
    Woman Playing the Clavichord Bernardo Cavallino · 1650
  60. Achilles amongst Lycomede's daugthers
    Achilles amongst Lycomede's daugthers Adrien Dassier · 1665