Most Famous

The Most Famous Artworks of Walters Art Museum

The 60 most celebrated works of the Walters Art Museum museum, ranked by renown across 532 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. Odalisque with Slave
    Odalisque with Slave Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres · 1842
  2. The Waning Honeymoon
    The Waning Honeymoon George Henry Boughton · 1890
  3. The Goose Girl
    The Goose Girl Jean François Millet · 1863
  4. A Roman Slave Market
    A Roman Slave Market Jean Léon Gérôme · 1892
  5. The Tulip Folly
    The Tulip Folly Jean Léon Gérôme · 1892
  6. The Duel After the Masquerade
    The Duel After the Masquerade Jean Léon Gérôme · 1858
  7. The Death of Caesar
    The Death of Caesar Jean Léon Gérôme · 1859
  8. Pandora
    Pandora Alexandre Cabanel · 1873
  9. The Penitent Mary Magdalene
    The Penitent Mary Magdalene Giacomo Galli · 1630
  10. Breakfast Piece
    Breakfast Piece Pieter Claesz · 1640
  11. The Lorelei
    The Lorelei Childe Hassam · 1904
  12. St. Barbara Directing the Construction of a Third Window in Her Tower
  13. Allegory on Human Life
    Allegory on Human Life Joris van Son · 1659
  14. Devotion
    Devotion Charles Joshua Chaplin · 1857
  15. Mary Magdalene
    Mary Magdalene Jan Boeckhorst · 1650
  16. Landscape.
    Landscape. Paul Désiré Trouillebert · 1850
  17. Christ on the Sea of Galilee
    Christ on the Sea of Galilee Eugène Delacroix · 1854
  18. The Archdukes Albert and Isabella Visiting a Collector's Cabinet
  19. Ophelia
    Ophelia Henry Lejeune · 1857
  20. A Stream in the Adirondacks
    A Stream in the Adirondacks James McDougal Hart · 1859
  21. The Catskills
    The Catskills Asher Brown Durand · 1859
  22. The Adoration of the Three Kings
    The Adoration of the Three Kings Girolamo da Santacroce · 1527
  23. Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints
    Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints Michele Coltellini · 1506
  24. Chickens
    Chickens Charles-Émile Jacque · 1850
  25. Hudson River Landscape
    Hudson River Landscape James McDougal Hart · 1858
  26. The Church at Eragny
    The Church at Eragny Camille Pissarro · 1892
  27. The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
  28. Madonna of the Candelabra
    Madonna of the Candelabra Raphael · 1513
  29. Parable of the Wheat and the Tares
    Parable of the Wheat and the Tares Abraham Bloemaert · 1624
  30. Triptych with Saints Andrew, Peter, Paul and Veronica Holding the Sudarium
  31. Madonna and Child with Saints
    Madonna and Child with Saints Francesco da Cotignola · 1510
  32. Madonna and Child with Angels
    Madonna and Child with Angels Giorgio Schiavone · 1459
  33. Route to Versailles, Louveciennes
    Route to Versailles, Louveciennes Camille Pissarro · 1869
  34. Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints and Donor
  35. Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison
  36. Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist
  37. Bunch of Grapes
    Bunch of Grapes Andrew John Henry Way · 1873
  38. Adoration of the Magi
    Adoration of the Magi Pieter Coecke van Aelst · 1540
  39. Triptych with Madonna and Child Enthroned Between the Archangel Michael and Saint Peter
  40. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Giovanni Battista Tiepolo · 1720
  41. Madonna and Child
    Madonna and Child Unknown · 1500
  42. Madonna and Child
    Madonna and Child Robert Campin
  43. Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes
  44. Girl at a Window holding a Curtain
  45. Portrait of Countess Livia da Porto Thiene and her Daughter Deidamia
  46. Holy Family
    Holy Family Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio · 1510
  47. Madonna and Child
    Madonna and Child Pietro Perugino · 1520
  48. Madonna and Child with Saints Mark and Peter
    Madonna and Child with Saints Mark and Peter Polidoro da Lanciano · 1537
  49. Portrait of Maria Salviati de' Medici with Giulia de' Medici
  50. Virgin and Child with Two Angels in a Landscape
  51. Saints Augustine, Jerome and Gregory the Great
  52. Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist
  53. Italian Brigands Surprised by Papal Troops
  54. Still Life with Flowers
    Still Life with Flowers Simon Saint-Jean · 1852
  55. Landscape with Waterfall and Figures
    Landscape with Waterfall and Figures Joseph Vernet · 1768
  56. The Madonna and Child with Saint John the Baptist
  57. Madonna and Child and St. John the Baptist
  58. Allegory of Grammar
    Allegory of Grammar Laurent de La Hyre · 1650
  59. Grand Canal, Venice
    Grand Canal, Venice Joseph Mallord William Turner · 1850
  60. Virgin and Child
    Virgin and Child Giovanni Francesco da Rimini · 1450