The Most Famous Artworks of Palace of Versailles
The 60 most celebrated works of the Palace of Versailles museum, ranked by renown across 812 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.
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Mythological portrait of Louis XIV and the royal family Jean Nocret · 1670 - 2
The Distribution of the Eagle Standards Jacques-Louis David · 1810 - 3
Opening session of the General Assembly, 5 May 1789 Auguste Couder · 1839 - 4
The Imperial family in 1756 Martin van Meytens · 1756 - 5
Portrait of Louis of France Louis Tocqué · 1739 - 6
The seizure of Abd-el-Kader's camp in 1843 Horace Vernet · 1844 - 7
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Allegory of the Birth of Marie-Zéphyrine of France, daughter of Louis of France Charles-Joseph Natoire · 1750 - 10
The Empress Marie-Louise watching over the sleep of the King of Rome Joseph Franque · 1811 - 11
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Henriette of France as Flora Jean-Marc Nattier · 1742 - 13
The Birth of Minerva René-Antoine Houasse · 1694 - 14
Establishment of the French Academy of Sciences and of Paris Observatory Henri Testelin · 1689 - 15
Napoleon I receiving Baron Vincent, the Austrian Ambassador, at Erfurt, 1808 Nicolas Gosse · 1838 - 16
The Battle of Smolensk, 17th August 1812 Jean-Charles Langlois · 1839 - 17
The family of the Duke of Penthièvre called la tasse de chocolat Jean-Baptiste Charpentier the Elder · 1768 - 18
Napoleon I decorated a soldier of the Russian army in Tilsitt with the cross of the Legion of Honor Jean-Baptiste Debret · 1808 - 19
The Tennis Court Oath Jacques-Louis David · 1796 - 20
Marie-Joséphine-Louise de Savoie, Countess of Provence Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty - 21
Marie Leszczyńska, Queen of France (1703–1768) Unknown · 1748 - 22
Portrait of Marie-Antoinette of Austria Jean-Baptiste André Gautier-Dagoty · 1775 - 23
Portrait of Louis XIV of France Unknown · 1670 - 24
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné with her aunt Madame de Maintenon. Louis Ferdinand Elle the Younger · 1694 - 25
Marie Thérèse of Austria in Royal Costume Henri and Charles Beaubrun · 1660 - 26
Artois children Rosalie Filleul · 1791 - 27
Joséphine, Empress of the French Guillaume Guillon-Lethière · 1807 - 28
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Portrait of Marie Leszczyńka. Jean-Baptiste van Loo · 1725 - 30
Portrait of Marie Adélaïde of Savoy, Duchess of Burgundy Jean-Baptiste Santerre · 1709 - 31
Héroïsme des marins du vaisseau Le Vengeur commandés par le capitaine Renaudin Nicolas-Antoine Taunay · 1798 - 32
Louis-Philippe visiting the Luxembourg Museum Auguste Roux · 1840 - 33
Jean-Baptiste Belley, member of the National Convention Anne-Louis Girodet · 1799 - 34
Louis XIV, King of France Unknown · 1653 - 35
Marie-Louise, Empress of the French, and the Roi de Rome François Gérard · 1813 - 36
Elisabeth-Philippe-Marie-Hélène de France, dite Madame Elisabeth Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · 1792 - 37
Marie Leszczynska, Queen of France, and the Dauphin Alexis Simon Belle · 1730 - 38
Louis XVI receives homage from the Knights of the Holy Spirit in Reims, June 13, 1775 Gabriel François Doyen · 1775 - 39
Battle of Isly, August 14, 1844 Horace Vernet · 1844 - 40
Napoléon signs his abdication at Fontainebleau 11 April 1814 François Bouchot - 41
Marie-Antoinette seated, in blue coat and white dress, holding a book in her hand Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · 1794 - 42
Portrait of Madame Royale and Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · 1792 - 43
Anne of Austria and Marie-Thérèse of Austria, queens of France Simon Renard de Saint-André · 1664 - 44
Anne-Marie de Bourbon, future princess of Conti and Louis de Bourbon, count of Vermandois Louis-Édouard Rioult · 1839 - 45
Portrait of Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatine with her Slave François de Troy · 1690 - 46
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Louis XV and the Infanta Marie-Anne-Victoire Alexis Simon Belle · 1724 - 48
Marie-Thérèse-Raphaëlle, Infanta of Spain, Dauphine of France Louis Tocqué · 1748 - 49
Fishing François Boucher · 1767 - 50
Achille-François Bazaine, Marshal of France Jean-Adolphe Beaucé · 1867 - 51
Yolande-Martine-Gabrielle de Polastron, Duchess de Polignac Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · 1792 - 52
Bataille d'Aboukir, 25 Juillet 1799 Antoine-Jean Gros · 1806 - 53
Marie-Adélaïde of France, known as Madame Adélaïde Adélaïde Labille-Guiard · 1794 - 54
Marie Antoinette in Court Dress Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun · 1792 - 55
Marie-Julie Clary, Queen of Naples (1777-1845) Robert Lefèvre · 1807 - 56
Nicolas, Baron de Luckner, Marshal of France Auguste Couder · 1834 - 57
Madame Victoire of France Adélaïde Labille-Guiard · 1794 - 58
Henri Gauthier, count of Rigny, vice-admiral (1783-1835) François Gabriel Guillaume Lépaulle · 1836 - 59
Charles Couperin and the second daughter of Claude Lefebvre Claude Lefèbvre · 1667 - 60
The battle of Jena, October 14, 1806 Horace Vernet · 1836