Mona Lisa
1504★ 9.9
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Winged Victory of Samothrace
Artist unknown
190 BC★ 9.6
Water Lilies (Nympheas Cycle)
1926★ 9.5
Liberty Leading the People
1830★ 9.4
The Thinker
1904★ 9.3
Raft of the Medusa
1819★ 9.0
Olympia
1863★ 8.9
Luncheon on the Grass
1863★ 8.9
The Oath of the Horatii
1785★ 8.7
The Card Players
1895★ 8.7
Venus de Milo
Artist unknown
100 BC★ 8.7
Impression, Sunrise
1872★ 8.6
Bal du Moulin de la Galette
1876★ 8.5
Death of the Virgin
1606★ 8.4
A Burial at Ornans
1850★ 8.3
The Embarkation for Cythera
1717★ 8.3
The Gleaners
1857★ 8.2
The Wedding at Cana (Veronese)
1563★ 8.2
Walking Man I
1960★ 8.1
La Grande Odalisque
1814★ 8.0
Whistler's Mother
1871★ 8.0
Madonna of the Rocks
1485★ 8.0
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss
1793★ 7.9
Death of Sardanapalus
1827★ 7.8
The Virgin and Child with St Anne
1513★ 7.8
The Seated Scribe
Artist unknown
2500 BC★ 7.7
Self-Portrait (van Gogh)
1889★ 7.7
The Snake Charmer
1907★ 7.6
Pierrot, Formerly Known as Gilles
1719★ 7.6
Et in Arcadia Ego (Poussin)
1638★ 7.5
Portrait of Louis Francois Bertin
1832★ 7.4
Maesta (Cimabue)
1280★ 7.3
The Magpie
1869★ 7.3
An Old Man and His Grandson
1490★ 7.3
L'Absinthe
1876★ 7.3
The Women of Algiers
1834★ 7.2
Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus
1523★ 7.2
Louis XIV
1701★ 7.2
Coronation of Napoleon
1807★ 7.2
The Valpincon Bather
1808★ 7.2
The Battle of San Romano (Louvre)
1435★ 7.2
Starry Night Over the Rhone
1888★ 7.2
Saint Mary Magdalen with the Smoking Flame
1640★ 7.1
The Intervention of the Sabine Women
1799★ 7.1
Gare Saint Lazare
1877★ 7.1
Luxe, Calme et Volupte
1904★ 7.1
Blue Nude II
1952★ 7.1
L'Origine du Monde
1866★ 6.9
Philosopher in Meditation
1632★ 6.9
The Balcony
1868★ 6.8
Frederic Chopin
1838★ 6.8
Gypsy Girl
1626★ 6.8
Dante and Virgil (The Barque of Dante)
1822★ 6.8
Rebellious Slave
1513★ 6.7
The Israelites Gathering Manna
1639★ 6.7
The Moneylender and His Wife
1514★ 6.7
Bull's Head
1942★ 6.7
Sleeping Hermaphroditos
Artist unknown
★ 6.7
San Sebastian
1480★ 6.6
White Frost
1873★ 6.6
Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata
1300★ 6.5
The Coronation of the Virgin
1430★ 6.5
Christ with St. Joseph in the Carpenter's Shop
1642★ 6.5
Oedipus and the Sphinx
1808★ 6.5
Blue II
1961★ 6.5
Portrait of a Young Princess
1435★ 6.5
The Crucifixion (Mantegna)
1459★ 6.3
The Barbadori Altarpiece
1437★ 6.3
Ship of Fools
1500★ 6.3
Parnassus
1497★ 6.1
The Fortune Teller (Caravaggio)
1595★ 6.1
Christ at the Column
1476★ 5.7
Saint Francis Preaching to the Birds (Louvre)
1300★ 5.7
Clown with Lute
1623★ 5.4
Family Reunion
1867★ 5.4
Christ Carrying the Cross (Lotto)
1526★ 5.4
Le Sommeil
1866★ 5.4
The Calvary
1465★ 5.2
Autumn
1572★ 5.2
Spring
1573★ 5.2
Portraits at the Stock Exchange
1879★ 5.2
Women at the Well
1891★ 5.2
Reading the Letter
1921★ 5.2
The Carrying of the Cross (Martini)
1335★ 4.9
The Visitation (Ghirlandaio)
1491★ 4.8
Romulus and Remus Given Shelter by Faustulus
1643★ 4.8
Self-Portrait (Caillebotte)
1892★ 4.4
The Virgin and Child (Ugolino)
1312★ 3.6