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The Most Famous Artworks of National Galleries Scotland

The 60 most celebrated works of the National Galleries Scotland museum, ranked by renown across 1,131 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. Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog
    Mars and Venus with Cupid and a Dog Paolo Veronese
  2. Venus Anadyomene
    Venus Anadyomene Titian · 1520
  3. Portrait of Diego Martelli
    Portrait of Diego Martelli Edgar Degas · 1890
  4. Kitchen Gardens at L'Hermitage, Pontoise
    Kitchen Gardens at L'Hermitage, Pontoise Camille Pissarro · 1874
  5. The Virgin and Child with Saint Andrew and Saint Peter
    The Virgin and Child with Saint Andrew and Saint Peter Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano · 1510
  6. The Virgin and Child with Saints
    The Virgin and Child with Saints Lorenzo Lotto · 1505
  7. Fêtes Vénitiennes
    Fêtes Vénitiennes Jean Antoine Watteau · 1718
  8. Francesca da Rimini
    Francesca da Rimini William Dyce · 1837
  9. The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint
    The Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Unidentified Saint Titian · 1517
  10. Bridgewater Madonna
    Bridgewater Madonna Raphael · 1507
  11. Two Shepherd Boys in the Roman Campagna
    Two Shepherd Boys in the Roman Campagna Martinus Rørbye · 1835
  12. The Rest on the Return from Egypt
    The Rest on the Return from Egypt Paris Bordone · 1540
  13. Lady Agnew of Lochnaw
    Lady Agnew of Lochnaw John Singer Sargent · 1896
  14. Landscape with a Town
    Landscape with a Town Aelbert Cuyp · 1666
  15. Saint Bride
    Saint Bride John Duncan · 1913
  16. Landscape with a View of the Valkhof, Nijmegen
    Landscape with a View of the Valkhof, Nijmegen Aelbert Cuyp · 1657
  17. A View of the Flat Rock on the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia
    A View of the Flat Rock on the Schuylkill, near Philadelphia Thomas Doughty · 1827
  18. Landscape
    Landscape Jan Both · 1640
  19. Landscape
    Landscape Jan Both · 1641
  20. Landscape with Figures
    Landscape with Figures Jan Wijnants · 1665
  21. The Holy Family With a Palm Tree
    The Holy Family With a Palm Tree Raphael · 1506
  22. A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit (Personification of 'Summer')
    A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit (Personification of 'Summer') Bartolomé Esteban Murillo · 1650
  23. Vision After the Sermon
    Vision After the Sermon Paul Gauguin · 1894
  24. Portrait of a man
    Portrait of a man Frans Hals · 1643
  25. James Erskine, Lord Alva (1722 - 1796) and his family
    James Erskine, Lord Alva (1722 - 1796) and his family David Allan · 1790
  26. A Dutch Family Group
    A Dutch Family Group Nicolaes Maes · 1673
  27. Canal Landscape with Figures Bathing
    Canal Landscape with Figures Bathing Hendrick ten Oever · 1696
  28. Old Woman Cooking Eggs
    Old Woman Cooking Eggs Diego Velázquez · 1618
  29. The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
    The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Giulio Romano · 1520
  30. The Ladies Waldegrave
    The Ladies Waldegrave Joshua Reynolds · 1790
  31. The Grand Canal from the Campo San Vio, Venice
    The Grand Canal from the Campo San Vio, Venice Bernardo Bellotto · 1727
  32. The Infant Hercules
    The Infant Hercules William Dyce · 1824
  33. Head of a Peasant Woman
    Head of a Peasant Woman Vincent van Gogh · 1885
  34. An Italian Noble
    An Italian Noble Anthony van Dyck · 1626
  35. The Adoration of the Kings
    The Adoration of the Kings Jacopo Bassano · 1540
  36. Cavalier Playing a Lute to a Lady (‘Lucelle and Ascagnes’)
    Cavalier Playing a Lute to a Lady (‘Lucelle and Ascagnes’) Jan Steen · 1660
  37. The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
    The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Luca Cambiaso · 1570
  38. Alkmaar in Winter
    Alkmaar in Winter Salomon van Ruysdael · 1656
  39. The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania
    The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania Joseph Noel Paton · 1849
  40. The Holy Family
    The Holy Family Francesco Vecellio · 1522
  41. The Virgin and Child Enthroned
    The Virgin and Child Enthroned Lorenzo Monaco · 1418
  42. The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
    The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Unknown · 1500
  43. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Unknown · 1250
  44. Still-life with Fruit and Flowers
    Still-life with Fruit and Flowers Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger · 1698
  45. A Still-life with Fruit and Lobster
    A Still-life with Fruit and Lobster Jan Davidsz. de Heem · 1650
  46. Venus and Cupid
    Venus and Cupid Lucas Cranach the Elder · 1537
  47. The Young Housekeeper
    The Young Housekeeper Dirck van Santvoort · 1638
  48. The Baptism of Christ
    The Baptism of Christ Pieter Lastman · 1629
  49. The Crucifixion with St Jerome and St Dominic and Scenes from the Passion
    The Crucifixion with St Jerome and St Dominic and Scenes from the Passion Unknown · 1450
  50. Martinique Landscape
    Martinique Landscape Paul Gauguin · 1894
  51. The Piazza San Marco, Venice
    The Piazza San Marco, Venice Francesco Guardi · 1789
  52. Cattle Watering by an Estuary
    Cattle Watering by an Estuary Aelbert Cuyp · 1650
  53. The Virgin and Child
    The Virgin and Child Jan Provoost · 1505
  54. Still-life with Fruit and Flowers
    Still-life with Fruit and Flowers Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger · 1698
  55. James Dawkins and Robert Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra
    James Dawkins and Robert Wood Discovering the Ruins of Palmyra Gavin Hamilton · 1758
  56. The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
    The Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Francesco Pesellino · 1449
  57. Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ
    Saint Christopher Carrying the Infant Christ Orazio Borgianni · 1615
  58. View of Wageningen
    View of Wageningen Hercules Seghers · 1624
  59. Portrait of a Man
    Portrait of a Man Quinten Metsys · 1515
  60. Haystacks: Snow Effect
    Haystacks: Snow Effect Claude Monet · 1896