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The Most Famous Artworks of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp

The 60 most celebrated works of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp museum, ranked by renown across 2,023 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. Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners
    Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Condemned Prisoners Alexandre Cabanel
  2. The Seven Sacraments
    The Seven Sacraments Rogier van der Weyden · 1440
  3. Valley of Amblève
    Valley of Amblève Jean-Baptiste Kindermans · 1848
  4. The Study of Art in Rome
    The Study of Art in Rome Anton Goubau · 1662
  5. Festival of the Archers
    Festival of the Archers Master of Frankfurt · 1497
  6. Christ on the Cross between the two criminals
    Christ on the Cross between the two criminals Anthony van Dyck · 1620
  7. Saint Jerome in His Study
    Saint Jerome in His Study Marinus van Reymerswaele · 1541
  8. Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter
    Jacopo Pesaro, Bishop of Paphos, being presented by Pope Alexander VI to Saint Peter Titian · 1504
  9. The old inn
    The old inn Henri de Braekeleer
  10. Music-making Angels
    Music-making Angels Hans Memling · 1490
  11. I Mourn because the World is so Untrustworthy
    I Mourn because the World is so Untrustworthy Pieter Brueghel the Younger · 1598
  12. Christ with Singing Angels
    Christ with Singing Angels Hans Memling · 1400
  13. Still Life with Fish
    Still Life with Fish Clara Peeters · 1600
  14. Allegorical Figure with Flowers
    Allegorical Figure with Flowers Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen the Younger · 1694
  15. Madonna at the Fountain
    Madonna at the Fountain Jan van Eyck · 1439
  16. Peasant Woman Digging Up Potatoes
    Peasant Woman Digging Up Potatoes Vincent van Gogh
  17. Calvary
    Calvary Antonello da Messina · 1475
  18. The Fortune Teller
    The Fortune Teller Simon de Vos · 1639
  19. Emperor Charles V as a child
    Emperor Charles V as a child Jan van Beers · 1890
  20. Snow in Flanders
    Snow in Flanders Valerius de Saedeleer · 1928
  21. Still life with pottery, herring and pancakes, a print of an owl on the wall
    Still life with pottery, herring and pancakes, a print of an owl on the wall Hieronymous Francken II · 1607
  22. Still Life with Fruit and Asparagus
    Still Life with Fruit and Asparagus Adriaen Coorte · 1703
  23. Still life with pewter jug
    Still life with pewter jug Jan Jansz den Uyl · 1635
  24. Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels
    Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels Jean Fouquet · 1450
  25. Norbertus van Couwerven, abbot of St Michael's
    Norbertus van Couwerven, abbot of St Michael's Katharina Pepijn · 1657
  26. Pope Paul III in front of the Portrait of Luther
    Pope Paul III in front of the Portrait of Luther Albrecht De Vriendt · 1892
  27. The Mussel Eaters
    The Mussel Eaters Gustave De Smet · 1923
  28. Landscape by moonlight
    Landscape by moonlight Aert van der Neer · 1650
  29. Triptych of Antonius Tsgrooten
    Triptych of Antonius Tsgrooten Goswin van der Weyden · 1507
  30. Monkey Trick
    Monkey Trick David Teniers the Younger · 1650
  31. Bagpiper
    Bagpiper Adriaen van de Velde · 1650
  32. The Hare Hunt
    The Hare Hunt Philips Wouwerman · 1653
  33. Dymphna and her Companions about to Embark
    Dymphna and her Companions about to Embark Goswin van der Weyden · 1504
  34. Two Girls as Saint Agnes and Saint Dorothea
    Two Girls as Saint Agnes and Saint Dorothea Michaelina Wautier · 1650
  35. St Dorothea of Caesarea in a Flower Garland
    St Dorothea of Caesarea in a Flower Garland Philips de Marlier · 1640
  36. Still Life
    Still Life Frans Snyders · 1628
  37. Landscape with Tobias and the Archangel Raphael
    Landscape with Tobias and the Archangel Raphael Denis van Alsloot · 1610
  38. Luteplayer
    Luteplayer Gerard ter Borch · 1657
  39. Portrait of a Girl as a Huntress
    Portrait of a Girl as a Huntress Caesar van Everdingen · 1665
  40. Mary and Joseph find no lodgings in Bethlehem
    Mary and Joseph find no lodgings in Bethlehem Jan Matsys · 1558
  41. Landscape with Diana and Actaeon
    Landscape with Diana and Actaeon Kerstiaen de Keuninck · 1550
  42. Joannes Gaspard Gevartius, (1593-1666)
    Joannes Gaspard Gevartius, (1593-1666) Peter Paul Rubens · 1628
  43. Portrait of a Woman with Sunflowers
    Portrait of a Woman with Sunflowers Carel de Moor · 1730
  44. Fish Seller
    Fish Seller Willem van Mieris · 1717
  45. Summer on the Maas
    Summer on the Maas Juliette Wytsman · 1911
  46. The Collection of paintings of Sebastiaan Leerse
    The Collection of paintings of Sebastiaan Leerse Frans Francken the Younger · 1625
  47. Piazza Navona in Rome
    Piazza Navona in Rome Anton Goubau · 1690
  48. Wooded landscape with a robbery on a forestpath
    Wooded landscape with a robbery on a forestpath Jan Brueghel, the elder · 1607
  49. Madonna and Child with angels
    Madonna and Child with angels Jacob Cornelisz. van Oostsanen · 1515
  50. Holy Family in a Flower Garland
    Holy Family in a Flower Garland Daniel Seghers · 1650
  51. The Ironer
    The Ironer Rik Wouters · 1912
  52. The Daughters of Cecrops Finding the Child Erichthonius
    The Daughters of Cecrops Finding the Child Erichthonius Jacob Jordaens · 1617
  53. The Banker and his Wife
    The Banker and his Wife Marinus van Reymerswaele
  54. Water Mill
    Water Mill Lucas van Uden · 1650
  55. Madonna in a flower garland
    Madonna in a flower garland Jan Philip van Thielen · 1667
  56. Kermis in a Flemish village
    Kermis in a Flemish village Peeter Gijsels
  57. Cavalry Skirmish with Foot Soldiers
    Cavalry Skirmish with Foot Soldiers Pieter Wouwerman · 1662
  58. The Tax Collectors
    The Tax Collectors Marinus van Reymerswaele · 1537
  59. Saint Martin's Day
    Saint Martin's Day Pieter Balten · 1550
  60. The Fisher Boy
    The Fisher Boy Frans Hals · 1630