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A masterpiece has a unique power to inspire the viewer with awe. Here are 25 famous paintings through time that have continued to captivate their viewers. Montagne Saint-Victoire by Paul Cézanne (1887), The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel (1565), View of Toledo by El Greco (1596), Blue Horses by Franz Marc (1911).
According to legend, he gained his freedom after painting a portrait of his captor. 6. Queen Mother pendant mask (Iyoba), 16th century (Gallery 136) Queen Mother pendant mask at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Source: Wikimedia Commons. A 16th-century exquisite ivory mask from the Kingdom of Benin.
See the latest from European Paintings. The Met's world-famed collection of European paintings encompasses works of art from the 13th through the 19th centuries—from Giotto to Gauguin.
Planning a visit to Amsterdam? Here's our list of paintings and sculptures at the Rijksmuseum you should not miss seeing.
The Met Collection. Travel around the world and across 5,000 years of history through 490,000+ works of art. Advanced Collection Search. Highlights. Public Domain Images. Browse the Art. African Art in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. The American Wing. Ancient American Art in The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing. Ancient Near Eastern Art.
From a choice of more than 2,300 works, here are the paintings you visited online the most. The most popular painting page, with the highest number of views, is van Eyck’s jewel-like Arnolfini Portrait, followed by Holbein’s Ambassadors and Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Other visitor favourites include works by Turner, Leonardo, Velázquez ...
Explore thousands of artworks in the museum’s collection—from our renowned icons to lesser-known works from every corner of the globe—as well as our books, writings, reference materials, and other resources.
We have one of the finest collections of American paintings in the United States, with works in all genres from the 18th to the 20th century. We also have works by Italian High Renaissance, early Netherlandish and German, Dutch, Flemish, French, Spanish, and British artists.
We all know the heavy hitters, like the Louvre in Paris or the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. But what about the lesser-known ones that tell the more niche histories and showcase a finely tuned collection? Or the ones that aren't necessarily known for art but have incredible art displays?
Louvre, the national museum and art gallery of France, housed in part of a large palace in Paris. It is the world’s most-visited art museum, with a collection that spans work from ancient civilizations to the mid-19th century. Highlights include Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.