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The Most Famous Artworks of Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

The 60 most celebrated works of the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium museum, ranked by renown across 838 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 People's Census at Bethlehem
    The People's Census at Bethlehem Pieter Brueghel I · 1566
  2. The Death of Marat
    The Death of Marat Jacques-Louis David · 1793
  3. Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria in his Gallery
    Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria in his Gallery David Teniers the Younger · 1651
  4. Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap
    Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap Pieter Brueghel I · 1565
  5. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
    Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Pieter Brueghel I
  6. Mars Being Disarmed by Venus
    Mars Being Disarmed by Venus Jacques-Louis David · 1824
  7. Le gouvernement provisoire de la Belgique en 1830
    Le gouvernement provisoire de la Belgique en 1830 Charles Picqué · 1830
  8. Still-Life with a Bearded Man Crock and a Nautilus Shell Cup
    Still-Life with a Bearded Man Crock and a Nautilus Shell Cup Maerten Boelema de Stomme · 1644
  9. The Drunkard
    The Drunkard Eugène Laermans · 1900
  10. Still-Life with Garland of Flowers and Golden Tazza
    Still-Life with Garland of Flowers and Golden Tazza Jan Brueghel, the elder · 1618
  11. Portrait of the knight Abel van Coulster (1477-1548), representative to the Hof van Holland in 1512
    Portrait of the knight Abel van Coulster (1477-1548), representative to the Hof van Holland in 1512 Jan Mostaert · 1510
  12. The Good Shepherd
    The Good Shepherd Pieter Brueghel the Younger · 1616
  13. Portrait of Antonius Anselmus, His Wife and Their Children
    Portrait of Antonius Anselmus, His Wife and Their Children Maarten de Vos · 1589
  14. The drunkard
    The drunkard Charles de Groux · 1853
  15. Drawing lesson in the workshop
    Drawing lesson in the workshop Henri Fantin-Latour · 1890
  16. Winter pleasures
    Winter pleasures Aert van der Neer · 1655
  17. The Seine at La Grande Jatte
    The Seine at La Grande Jatte Georges Seurat
  18. Nocturnal street scene
    Nocturnal street scene Pieter de Molijn · 1625
  19. Still life of a laid table
    Still life of a laid table Pieter Claesz · 1643
  20. Travellers and shepherds at a crossroads near a dead tree
    Travellers and shepherds at a crossroads near a dead tree Jacob van Ruisdael · 1650
  21. Death of Pyrrhus
    Death of Pyrrhus Bertholet Flémal
  22. Rest on the Flight into Egypt
    Rest on the Flight into Egypt Unknown · 1524
  23. Portrait of Mrs Louis Gallait and her daughter
    Portrait of Mrs Louis Gallait and her daughter Louis Gallait · 1848
  24. The prohibited reading
    The prohibited reading Karel Ooms · 1888
  25. A Merchant by Candlelight
    A Merchant by Candlelight Petrus van Schendel · 1850
  26. Adoration of the Magi
    Adoration of the Magi Pieter Brueghel I · 1556
  27. Still life with parrot, an allegory of fire
    Still life with parrot, an allegory of fire Adriaen van Utrecht · 1636
  28. The painter Hugo van der Goes in the Rouge-Cloître Abbey
    The painter Hugo van der Goes in the Rouge-Cloître Abbey Emile Wauters · 1872
  29. View on Dinant
    View on Dinant Hippolyte Boulenger · 1870
  30. Landscape with Atalanta and Meleager pursuing the Calydonian boar (Ovid, Metamorphoses, VIII, 229-237)
    Landscape with Atalanta and Meleager pursuing the Calydonian boar (Ovid, Metamorphoses, VIII, 229-237) Jacob Jordaens · 1635
  31. The wedding of Thetis and Peleus
    The wedding of Thetis and Peleus Hendrick van Balen the Elder
  32. Waterloo Bridge, sun and rain
    Waterloo Bridge, sun and rain Emile Claus · 1916
  33. The Siege of Kortrijk, 1648
    The Siege of Kortrijk, 1648 Peter Snayers · 1650
  34. Augustus Listening to the Reading of the Aeneid
    Augustus Listening to the Reading of the Aeneid Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1812
  35. Dancing Nymphs
    Dancing Nymphs Constant Montald · 1900
  36. Salomé
    Salomé Alfred Stevens · 1894
  37. In a Salt Refinery at Rupelmonde
    In a Salt Refinery at Rupelmonde Constantin Meunier · 1878
  38. The Inn
    The Inn Abraham Govaerts · 1606
  39. Still life with berries
    Still life with berries Floris van Schooten · 1628
  40. Pieta with portraits of Henry van Dongelberghe and wife
    Pieta with portraits of Henry van Dongelberghe and wife Gaspar de Crayer · 1634
  41. Taste
    Taste Jan Miense Molenaer · 1634
  42. Un soir de grève
    Un soir de grève Eugène Laermans · 1897
  43. Cinder clearance
    Cinder clearance Evert Larock · 1900
  44. The Tower of Babel
    The Tower of Babel Joos de Momper the Younger · 1601
  45. The Shores of Brittany
    The Shores of Brittany Anna Boch · 1901
  46. The Painter's Studio
    The Painter's Studio Alfred Stevens · 1869
  47. veduta di bruxelles
    veduta di bruxelles Jean-Baptiste Degreef · 1890
  48. The Stream
    The Stream Léon Frédéric · 1896
  49. Scene of the Belgian Revolution
    Scene of the Belgian Revolution Constantinus Fidelio Coene · 1830
  50. Winter still life with pancakes, waffles and Christmas bread
    Winter still life with pancakes, waffles and Christmas bread Hans Francken · 1600
  51. Village fête
    Village fête Pieter Bout · 1688
  52. The Monte Rosa
    The Monte Rosa François Roffiaen · 1875
  53. Mystic Marriage of St Catherine
    Mystic Marriage of St Catherine Jan Anton van der Baren · 1641
  54. Portrait of Jenny Montigny
    Portrait of Jenny Montigny Emile Claus · 1902
  55. Landscape at the river Meuse
    Landscape at the river Meuse Hippolyte Boulenger · 1870
  56. Crucifixion with a Donor
    Crucifixion with a Donor Hieronymus Bosch · 1493
  57. Satyr and the peasant
    Satyr and the peasant Jacob Jordaens · 1620
  58. Christ carrying the cross, 1634-1637
    Christ carrying the cross, 1634-1637 Peter Paul Rubens · 1637
  59. Portrait of Madame Judic during Act II of "Niniche"
    Portrait of Madame Judic during Act II of "Niniche" Emile Wauters · 1890
  60. Portrait of Octave Maus
    Portrait of Octave Maus Théo van Rysselberghe · 1893