J. Paul Getty Museum — highlights
The most celebrated public-domain works at the J. Paul Getty Museum — 439 paintings in this catalogue, spanning 1296 to 1912, most celebrated first. Featuring Peter Paul Rubens, Sebastiano Ricci and Francesco di Giorgio.
Venus and Adonis
An Allegory of Fortune
La Promenade
Mischief and Repose
Bathsheba after the Bath
Reverie
The Rue Mosnier Dressed with Flags
Flower Still Life
A View of Paris from the Pont Neuf
Perseo affronta Fineo con la testa di Medusa
Regatta on the Grand Canal in Honor of Frederick IV, King of Denmark
Landscape with a Wheatfield
Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Magi
A View of Paris with the Ile de la Cité
Alexander the Great and Campaspe in the Studio of Apelles
Before
The Deposition
Landscape at Louveciennes (Autumn)
Christ Carrying the Cross
Family Group in an Interior
After
The Drawing Lesson
The Royal End
Madonna and Child with Two Donors
Rural landscape with the expulsion of Hagar and Ishmael (Genesis 21:14-21)
Shepherd and Sleeping Shepherdess
Christ and the Adulteress
Fruit Piece
Coronation of the Virgin
Portrait of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marchese del Vasto, in Armor with a Page
The Grand Canal in Venice with Palazzo Bembo
Three Lovers
A View of the Maas at Dordrecht
Walk at Dusk
Landscape with Figures
A Storm on a Mediterranean Coast
The Music Lesson
Street Scene
Portrait of a man in a high fur hat
Madonna and Child with a Male Saint, Catherine of Alexandria and a Donor
The Black Pig Inn at Maarssen
Mars and Venus Surprised by Vulcan
The Angel Taking Leave of Tobit and His Family
Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist
The Holy Family
The Way to Calvary
Christ's Entry Into Brussels in 1889
The Adoration of the Magi
The Supper at Emmaus
The Holy Family
The Interior of St. Bavo, Haarlem
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Portrait of William Anne Hollis, 4th Earl of Essex, Presenting a Cup to Thomas Clutterbuck of Watford
David with the Head of Goliath
Paris Being Admitted to the Bedchamber of Helen
Starry Night
The Holy Family
Portrait of Louise-Antoinette Feuardent
Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a Pomegranate
The Calydonian Boar Hunt
Spring
The Dream of Pope Sergius
Polyptych with Saint James Major, Madonna and Child, and Saints
Interior of the Laurenskerk at Rotterdam
Self-Portrait, Yawning
David with the Head of Goliath
The Trinity with the Virgin, Saints John the Evangelist, Stephen and Lawrence and a Donor
View of the Arch of Constantine with the Colosseum
The Annunciation
The Banquet of Cleopatra
The Adoration of the Magi with Saint Anthony Abbot
The Abduction of Europa
The Surprise
The Holy Family
A Young Girl Defending Herself against Eros
Lucretia
Madonna and Child
An Old Woman with Cat
Madonna and Child in a Window
Madonna and Child with Two Hermit Saints
Madonna and Child
Portrait of a Woman with a Book of Music
Still Life with Flowers and Fruit
The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola
Holy Family with Saints Anne, Catherine of Alexandria, and Mary Magdalene
Spring
Study for the Head of a Moorish King
Dido and Aeneas
Christ on the Cross
Ulysses at the Palace of Circe
Portrait of the Sisters Zénaïde and Charlotte Bonaparte
Samson with the Jawbone
Saint Sebastian Tended by Saint Irene
St. Sebastian Thrown into the Cloaca Maxima
The Baptism of Christ
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Charles-François Pinceloup de la Grange
Portrait of a Young Man in Military Costume
Saints Lawrence and Stephen
Pope Clement VII
Portrait of a Young Man in Red
The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis
The Musicians' Brawl
The Death of Cleopatra
Head of Christ
Saint John the Evangelist
Saint John the Baptist and Saint Dominic
Two Watermills and an Open Sluice
Irises
Christ on the Cross with Saints Mary, John the Evangelist and Catherine of Siena
Madonna and Child
Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist
The Madonna of Humility
Orpheus and Eurydice
Portrait of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel
Venus and Adonis
Interior with Soldiers and Women
Cupid and Pan
A Faun and His Family with a Slain Lion
Landscape with Mercury and Argus
Venus at the Forge of Vulcan
The Abduction of Proserpine
Elijah Receiving Bread from the Widow of Zarephath
The Story of Oenone and Paris
Portrait of a Woman
A Calm at a Mediterranean Port
Diana and Her Dog
The Rest on the Flight into Egypt with St. John the Baptist
The Penitent Magdalene
Portrait of a Woman
Portrait of a Young Woman
Still Life with Apples
Bridge with a Sluice
Portrait of Madame Bonnier de la Mosson as Diana (Constance-Gabrielle-Magdeleine du Monciel de Lauraille
Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Twelve Scenes from Her Life
Portrait of a Man
The Temple of Hercules in Cori near Velletri
Portrait of Pope Gregory XV
Portrait of a Bearded Man
An Old Man in Military Costume
St. Luke
The Stoning of St. Stephen
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife
Penitent Magdalene
Interior with an Easel, Bredgade 25
The Story of Oenone and Paris (center panel)
Portrait of Joseph (1741–1786) and his Brother John Gulston (1750–1764)
A Panoramic Landscape
Diana and Her Nymphs on the Hunt
Portrait of Albert Cahen d’Anvers
Saint John Baptizing in the River Jordan
Charles de Saint-Albin, Archbishop of Cambrai
Portrait of a Man in Armor
The Eternal Feminine
Adoration of the Magi
Noli Me Tangere
Venus on the Waves
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange, née de Parseval
Saint Andrew
Portrait of the Marquesa de Santiago
Pietà
Portrait of Suzanne Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau
Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata
Daniel and Cyrus Before the Idol Bel
Portrait of Anne, Countess of Chesterfield
Achilles among the Daughters of Lycomedes
The Resurrection
Portrait of Francisco de los Cobos y Molina
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness
Rape of the Sabines
Van Tromp
The Sermon on the Mount
Portrait of John Talbot, later 1st Earl Talbot
Euclid
Saint John the Baptist
The Death of Samson
Andromeda
Diana and Her Nymphs in a Landscape
The Stigmatization of St. Francis, and Angel Crowning Saints Cecilia and Valerian
St. Bartholomew
Portrait of George de Ligne Gregory (1740 - 1822)
The Crucifixion
Bouquet of Flowers in a Vase
Portrait of Isabella van Portugal (1397-1471)
Portrait of Louis XIV
Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing
The Entry of the Animals into Noah's Ark
Venus and Mars
Christ Crowned with Thorns
The Miraculous Communion of Saint Catherine of Siena
Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony
Saint Mary Magdalene at the Sepulchre
David Meeting Abigail
Saint George
Vertumnus and Pomona
Still Life with Game, Vegetables, Fruit and a Cockatoo
The Apostle Simon
The Martyrdom of St. Andrew
Portrait of Anthony Valabrègue
Rouen Cathedral, Portal, Morning Light
Lot and his Daughters
Portrait of Leonilla, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn
Musical Group on a Balcony
Perseus Confronting Phineus with the Head of Medusa
St. John the Baptist
Portrait of James Christie (1730 - 1803)
Danaë
Polyptych with Coronation of the Virgin and Saints
Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of Agostino Pallavicini
The Forum at Pompeii with Vesuvius in the Background
The Alchemist
Portrait of Isabella of Portugal
Saint Sebastian Tended by an Angel
The Entombment
Portrait of a Man
Portrait of Louise de Keroualle, Duchess of Portsmouth
A Centennial of Independence
Pictura (An Allegory of Painting)
Portrait of Laurent-Nicolas de Joubert
The Milliners
Hercules and Omphale
The Laundress (La Blanchisseuse)
Landscape with Ceres (Allegory of Earth)
Landscape with Bathing Nudes
Still Life with Grapes and other Fruit
The Fountain of Love
Pan and Syrinx
Portrait of a Young Man
St. Matthew Writing His Gospel
Bacchanale
Moses and Aaron Changing the Rivers of Egypt to Blood
Study of a Model
Portrait of a Jeweler
The Annunciation
The Oracle
The Return from the Hunt
The Doctor's Visit
Portrait of Marc de Villiers
Christ in Glory with Saints Celsus, Julian, Marcionilla and Basilissa
Still Life with Peaches, a Silver Goblet, Grapes, and Walnuts
Presumed Portrait of the Duc de Choiseul and Two Companions
View of the Grand Canal: Santa Maria della Salute and the Dogana from Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo
Penelope Unraveling Her Web
Jeanne Kéfer
Italian Landscape
The Story of Joseph
David with His Sword
The Birth of Bacchus
The Russian Cradle
Portrait of a Boy in Fancy Dress
Kitchen Still Life with a Maid and Young Boy
Portrait of a Man with a Hat
Landscape with a Nymph and a Satyr
A Wooded Landscape with Travelers on a Path through a Hamlet
Portrait of a Halberdier, Francesco Guardi?
The Triumph of Venus
The Chiarito Tabernacle
Landscape with a Calm (Un Tem[p]s calme et serein)
The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus
Wheatstacks, Snow Effect, Morning (Meules, Effet de Neige, Le Matin)
Coronation of the Virgin with Saints Joseph and Francis of Assisi
Clorinda Rescuing Sofronia and Olindo
The Italian Comedians
Triumph of the Marine Venus
The Vision of Saint Bruno
The Meeting of the Three Kings, with David and Isaiah (recto); The Assumption of the Virgin (verso)
Rembrandt Laughing
The Virgin as the Woman of the Apocalypse
The "Piebald" Horse
Classical Landscape with Figures and Sculpture
Astronomer by Candlelight
Portrait of Madame Brunet
Still Life with Bowl of Citrons
Portrait of a Man with a Pink
A Wooded Landscape
Landscape with view on Rhenen
Four Studies of a Male Head
Young Italian Woman at a Table
Vase of Flowers
The Satyr and the Peasant Family
Bacchante with an Ape
Still Life with Fish, Vegetables, Gougères, Pots, and Cruets on a Table
Horse Stable
Portrait of Marie-Louise Joubert, née Poulletier de Perigny
Mummy of Herakleides
The Miracles of Saint Francis of Paola
Susannah and the Elders
Hagar Weeping
Landscape with Allegories of the Four Elements
Landscape with Lake and Boatman
Still Life with Ewer, Vessels and Pomegranate
Landscape with the Education of Bacchus
Landscape with Cottage and Figures
The Banquet of Ahasuerus
A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy
Still Life with Dead Birds
Immaculate Conception
John Whetham of Kirklington
Portrait of William Burton Conyngham
Portrait of Théophile Van Robais
Mars and Venus, Allegory of Peace
Christ and the Samaritan Woman
Madonna of Humility
Portrait of the Marquise de Miramon, née, Thérèse Feuillant
The Country Dance
Rinaldo's Conquest of the Enchanted Forest
Moses and the Messengers from Canaan
Antoine Singlin
The Annunciation
Prince Charles Louis of the Palatinate with his Tutor Wolrad von Plessen in Historical Dress
Moses Striking Water from the Rock
Mountain Landscape with River and Wagon
An Allegory of Passion
Pepilla the Gypsy and Her Daughter
Landscape with Classical Ruins and Figures
The Sacrifice of Polyxena in Malibu
The Annunciation
Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren
Paris (right end panel)
Portrait of Barbara Kressin
Meeting of King Ferdinand of Hungary and the Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Spain at Nördlingen
View of Duurstede Castle at Wijk bij Duurstede
The Wedding Feast at Cana
Saint Francis and a Bishop Saint
Young Man at His Window
Virgin with the yarn winder
Rinaldo and the Mirror-Shield
The Vision of Saint Francis of Paola
Madonna Adoring the Child with Musical Angels
The Mass of Saint Gregory the Great
Abraham pleading in vain on behalf of Hagar to Sarah (Genesi 21:9-11)
Head of a Woman
Portrait of a Man with a Sheet of Music
Still Life: Tea Set
The Holy Family (The Madonna del Velo; Madonna di Loreto)
Allegory of Magnanimity
Double Portrait
Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David
Christ Cleansing the Temple
A Young Scholar and his Tutor
The Miraculous Draught of Fishes
The Road from Versailles to Saint-Germain
The Glorification of the Union of the Houses of Hapsburg and Lorraine
The Wounded Foot
The Vicomtesse de Vaudreuil
Glaucus and Scylla
Triumph of Chastity
Tarquin the Elder Consulting Attius Navius
The Model Resting
Letter Rack
Mediterranean Harbor Scene
Aurora Taking Leave of Tithonus
Sunrise (Marine)
The Age of Augustus, the Birth of Christ
Card Players
Forest of Fontainebleau, Cluster of Tall Trees Overlooking the Plain of Clair-Bois at the Edge of Bas-Bréau
Arrival of Saint Ursula at Cologne
Vase of Flowers
Justice and Divine Vengeance Pursuing Crime
Dionysius the Areopagite Converting the Pagan Philosophers
Demolition of the Château of Meudon
The Miracle of the Holy House of Loreto
Lady Playing a Lute
The Shade of Samuel Invoked by Saul
Marine Gods Paying Homage to Love
Oenone (left end panel)
The Bird Catchers
Portrait of James Hay, 1st Earl of Carlisle
Modern Rome – Campo Vaccino
The Exaltation of the Cross
Dejanira (Autumn)
A Jeu de Paume Before a Country Palace
The Idolatry of Solomon
Arcadian Shepherds
Aurora and Cephalus
The Studio
Vase of Flowers
Market Scene in an Imaginary Oriental Port
View of the Bridge and Part of the Town of Cava, Kingdom of Naples
Not Guilty
Shipping in a Calm at Flushing with a States General Yacht Firing a Salute
Solon before Croesus
Sir James Gray, 2nd Bt.
A Merry Company in an Arbor
View in the Île-de-France
Corner of the Garden, Alcazar, Sevilla
The Painter in his Studio
Before the Ball
Landscape with Orpheus
Court of the Dances, Alcázar, Sevilla
John, Fourteenth Lord Willoughby de Broke, and his Family
A View of Place Louis XV
A Hermit Praying in the Ruins of a Roman Temple
Battle Scene
Landscape with the Castle of Massa di Carrara
Shepherd with a Flute
A Formal Garden
The Convalescent
The Bucintoro Departing from the Bacino di San Marco
Baronne de Domecy
Man with a Hoe
A Hare in the Forest
Houses near Orléans
The Signal
Waiting for the Verdict
View of Gaiola
Blessed Bernard Tolomei Interceding for the Cessation of the Plague in Siena
Belisarius
A Spring in a Narrow Gorge
Grotto of Sarrazine near Nans-sous-Sainte-Anne
Mountain Landscape with Road to Naples
The Fountain of Love
Battle Before a Walled City
Cimon and Pero: "Roman Charity"
Hall of the Ambassadors, Alhambra, Granada
The Ransom
Dance before a Fountain
Battle Scene
Death of Messalina
After the Bath
Mercy: David Spareth Saul's Life
The Race of the Riderless Horses
Interior of Roman Building with Figures
A Roman Feast
A View of the Bay of Naples, Looking Southwest from the Pizzofalcone towards Capo di Posilippo
Burial of Atala
Entrance to the Jardin Turc
Bullfight, Suerte de Varas
Moroccan Horseman Crossing a Ford
The Madonna of the Cherries
Christ Carrying the Cross
Portrait of Abraham Ortelius
Spring in the Alps
Sarcophagus of Ammonios
Two Boys with a Bladder