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  1. Nov 21, 2019 · We compared dozens of popular masterpieces – from classics such as “Mona Lisa,” “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” and the “Salavator Mundi,” to more modern works like “Nighthawks” and...

  2. Nov 10, 2023 · Top famous paintings. Photograph: Courtesy CC/FlickrDystopos. 1. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, 1503–19. Painted between 1503 and 1517, Da Vinci’s alluring portrait has been dogged by two...

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  3. While crowds of people in galleries may have become a less familiar sight since 2019, staggering numbers of people have sought out a real-life parley with the world's most renowned artworks....

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    • Primavera (1482) by Sandro Botticelli. Artist. Sandro Botticelli. Date Created. 1482. Medium. Tempera on Panel. Current Location. Uffizi Gallery. The image displays a crowd gathered in an orange grove.
    • Mona Lisa (c. 1503) by Leonardo da Vinci. Artist. Leonardo da Vinci. Date Created. 1503. Medium. Oil on Panel. Current Location. Louvre, Paris. This portrait of a female, clothed in the Florentine manner and seated in a dreamlike, mountainous scene, is an outstanding example of Leonardo’s sfumato style of soft, highly shaded modeling.
    • The Ambassadors (1533) by Hans Holbein the Younger. Artist. Hans Holbein the Younger. Date Created. 1533. Medium. Oil Paint. Current Location. The National Gallery. Hans Holbein, the greatest portrait artist of his day, spent a significant quantity of time in Henry VIII’s courts.
    • Judith Slaying Holofernes (1610) by Artemisia Gentileschi. Artist. Artemisia Gentileschi. Date Created. 1610. Medium. Oil on Canvas. Current Location. Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte.
    • 'The Arnolfini Portrait' by Jan van Eyck. The most popular painting page, with the highest number of views, is Jan van Eyck’s 'Arnolfini Portrait'. In 2020 we saw a lot of people get creative with bathroom towels, stuffed toys and duvets to recreate this famous painting at home, including TV's favourite pairing Ant and Dec, which may be one reason why this painting takes the crown.
    • 'The Ambassadors' by Hans Holbein the Younger. This painting is much more than just a portrait of the French diplomat Jean de Dinteville (left) and his close friend, Georges de Selve, Bishop of Lavaur; the table they're leaning against is piled with objects: books, musical instruments, globes and fancy star charts, is this 16th-century 'tablescaping'?
    • 'Sunflowers' by Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh made his dazzling sunflower paintings to decorate the house he had rented in Arles in readiness for a visit from his friend and fellow artist, Paul Gauguin.
    • 'The Fighting Temeraire' by Joseph Mallord William Turner. Set against a blazing sunset, the last voyage of the Temeraire – a warship which had played a distinguished role in the Battle of Trafalgar – takes on a greater symbolic meaning, as the age of sail gives way to the age of steam.
  5. 1 Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. 2 The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci. 3 The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh. 4 The Scream by Edvard Munch. 5 The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali. 6 The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn. 7 Guernica by Pablo Picasso. 8 The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo. 9 American Gothic by Grant Wood.

  6. Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Detail of Lisa's face digitally retouched. It is no surprise to see the Mona Lisa at the top of this list. Da Vincis masterpiece is probably the most recognized artwork in the world today, and the most visited.

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