Melencolia I
1514★ 8.6
The Art canon
Sourced and hung.
Every work chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
Browse all 704 works or filter by movement, subject, place, and artist.
Browse all 704 works or filter by movement, subject, place, and artist.
Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)
1950★ 8.6
View of Toledo
1610★ 8.4
Madame X
1884★ 8.0
Otani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei
1794★ 7.9
Portrait of Juan de Pareja
1650★ 7.8
The Harvesters
1565★ 7.7
Wheat Field with Cypresses
1889★ 7.5
The Death of Socrates
1787★ 7.4
Bain a la Grenouillere
1869★ 7.3
Washington Crossing the Delaware
1851★ 7.2
Young Woman with a Water Jug
1662★ 7.2
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
1845★ 7.2
The Oxbow
1836★ 7.2
Snap the Whip
1872★ 6.9
Madonna and Child (Duccio)
1300★ 6.8
Adam and Eve (Durer)
1504★ 6.8
Kindred Spirits
1838★ 6.8
The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
1863★ 6.8
The Fortune Teller (de la Tour)
1630★ 6.8
Mezzetin
1720★ 6.8
Ugolino and His Sons
1867★ 6.8
Martin Luther
1532★ 6.7
The Veteran in a New Field
1865★ 6.7
Garden at Sainte-Adresse
1867★ 6.6
Majas on a Balcony
1810★ 6.5
Reclining Nude
1917★ 6.3
Boating
1874★ 6.3
Christ Carrying the Cross (El Greco)
1580★ 6.1
Mummy Portrait of a Boy (Eutyches)
Artist unknown
130★ 6.1
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
1806★ 5.9
The Moon Through a Crumbling Window
1886★ 5.9
Woman with a Parrot
1866★ 5.7
Fragment of a Queen's Face
Artist unknown
1340 BC★ 5.6
Prisoners from the Front
1866★ 5.6
The Milkmaid (van Leyden)
1510★ 5.2
The Annunciation (David)
1506★ 4.8
The Lamentation
1582★ 4.4