Las Meninas
1656★ 9.8
The Art canon
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Every work chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
1652★ 9.4
The Night Watch
1642★ 9.2
Apollo and Daphne
1624★ 9.1
The Calling of St. Matthew
1600★ 9.0
Judith Slaying Holofernes
1620★ 8.8
The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp
1632★ 8.8
The Surrender of Breda
1635★ 8.8
Portrait of Pope Innocent X
1650★ 8.8
Return of the Prodigal Son
1669★ 8.7
Girl with a Pearl Earring
1665★ 8.6
The Milkmaid (Vermeer)
1660★ 8.5
The Descent from the Cross (Rubens at Antwerp)
1614★ 8.5
Beheading of St. John the Baptist
1608★ 8.4
The Conversion of Saint Paul
1601★ 8.4
Death of the Virgin
1606★ 8.4
David (Bernini)
1624★ 8.4
The Art of Painting (The Artist's Studio)
1668★ 8.3
Supper at Emmaus
1601★ 8.0
Crucifixion of St. Peter
1601★ 7.8
The Entombment (Caravaggio)
1603★ 7.8
Portrait of Juan de Pareja
1650★ 7.8
Self-Portrait (Rembrandt, 1665)
1665★ 7.7
The Incredulity of St. Thomas
1602★ 7.6
Et in Arcadia Ego (Poussin)
1638★ 7.5
Self-Portrait (Rembrandt, 1658)
1658★ 7.5
The Polish Rider
1655★ 7.5
Laughing Cavalier
1624★ 7.4
The Newborn Child
1650★ 7.4
Woman Holding a Balance
1665★ 7.4
Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
1618★ 7.4
Bacchus
1595★ 7.3
Medusa
1597★ 7.3
Basket of Fruit
1599★ 7.3
Christ Crucified
1632★ 7.3
Seaport with the Embarkation of St. Ursula
1641★ 7.3
Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba
1648★ 7.3
Young Woman with a Water Jug
1662★ 7.2
Louis XIV
1701★ 7.2
The Elevation of the Cross
1611★ 7.2
The Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens 1)
1612★ 7.2
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
1633★ 7.2
Flight into Egypt (A. Carracci)
1604★ 7.1
Saint Mary Magdalen with the Smoking Flame
1640★ 7.1
Officer and a Laughing Girl
1660★ 7.1
Old Woman Frying Eggs
1618★ 6.9
The Merry Drinker
1630★ 6.9
Philosopher in Meditation
1632★ 6.9
The Cardsharps
1594★ 6.8
Narcissus
1599★ 6.8
Mars
1641★ 6.8
Wedding Portrait of Isaac Massa and Beatrix van der Laen
1622★ 6.8
Gypsy Girl
1626★ 6.8
The Fortune Teller (de la Tour)
1630★ 6.8
Feast of St. Nicholas
1665★ 6.8
Ugolino and His Sons
1867★ 6.8
The Israelites Gathering Manna
1639★ 6.7
The Fall of the Damned
1620★ 6.7
Lion Hunt
1621★ 6.7
Sacrifice of Isaac
1634★ 6.7
Boy with a Basket of Fruit
1593★ 6.6
Et in Arcadia Ego (Guercino)
1622★ 6.5
Christ with St. Joseph in the Carpenter's Shop
1642★ 6.5
Self-Portrait (Poussin)
1650★ 6.5
The Beaneater
1580★ 6.3
The Sacrifice of Isaac
1603★ 6.3
The Coronation of the Virgin
1641★ 6.3
St. Francis Standing
1660★ 6.3
Meagre Company
1637★ 6.3
The Merry Family
1668★ 6.3
The Interior of the Pantheon
1734★ 6.3
Saturn Devouring His Son (Rubens)
1636★ 6.3
Triple Portrait of Cardinal de Richelieu
1642★ 6.3
The Fortune Teller (Caravaggio)
1595★ 6.1
Bouquet
1603★ 6.1
Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters
1608★ 6.1
The Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens 2)
1638★ 6.1
Self-Portrait (Rembrandt, 1629)
1629★ 6.1
Vanitas Still Life
1630★ 6.1
The Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Picture Gallery in Brussels
1647★ 5.9
The Dream of Saint Joseph
1640★ 5.9
Saint Jerome Writing
1606★ 5.7
Ecce Homo (Caravaggio)
1605★ 5.7
Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia
1682★ 5.7
The Descent from the Cross (Rubens at Lille)
1617★ 5.6
Conversion on the Way to Damascus
1601★ 5.4
Clown with Lute
1623★ 5.4
Neptune and Triton
1623★ 5.4
Young Woman Sleeping
1654★ 5.2
The Sermon on the Mount (Lorrain)
1656★ 5.2
The Deposition
1602★ 4.8
Great Fish Market
1603★ 4.8
Romulus and Remus Given Shelter by Faustulus
1643★ 4.8
The Lamentation
1582★ 4.4
The Rebuke of Adam and Eve
1626★ 4.4