The Greatest Western Paintings of all Times

Selected by piero scaruffi

(Revised and edited by Nick Campsall and Marco Spagnuolo)

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These are the paintings that, in my opinion, you shouldn't miss (you can also view this list with pictures of the paintings at Luke Muehlhauser's webpage).
Please e-mail me the original titles of paintings and their date and the websites of their museums.
Also e-mail me links to webpages that have a picture of the painting.
  1. Bosch: The Garden of Delights (1504) - Prado, Madrid
  2. Michelangelo: Il Giudizio Universale/ Universal Judgement (1541) - Cappella Sistina, Roma
  3. Ernst: Europe After the Rain II (1942) - Sumner Collection, Hartford
  4. Klimt: Beethovenfries (1902) - Sezession, Wien
  5. Dali: Metamorphose de Narcisse (1937) - Tate Gallery, London
  6. Klimt: Die Jungfrau/ The Virgin (1913) - National Gallery, Prague
  7. Bosch: The Last Judgement (1505) - Gemaldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Wien
  8. Klimt: Der Kuss/ The Kiss (1908) - Belvedere, Wien
  9. Botticelli: Allegoria della Primavera (1478) - Uffizi, Firenze
  10. Monet: Nimphees (1926) - Orangerie, Paris
  11. Leonardo: Il Cenacolo/ The Last Supper (1497) - S.Maria delle Grazie, Milano
  12. Uccello: Battaglia di San Romano/Part I (1456) - Uffizi, Firenze
  13. Van Gogh: De Sterrennacht/ Starry Night (1889) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
  14. Raffaello: Sposalizio della Vergine (1504) - Piancoteca di Brera, Milano
  15. Dali: Crucifixion (1954) - Metropolitan Museum, New York
  16. Bruegel: De Triomf van de Dood/ Triumph of Death (1562) - Prado, Madrid
  17. Botticelli: Nascita di Venere (1485) - Uffizi, Firenze
  18. Rubens: The Adoration of the Magi (1609), Prado, Madrid
  19. Greco: Toledo (1599) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  20. Giotto: Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova (1305)
  21. Cranach: Flugelaltar mit dem Jungsten Gericht (1524) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
  22. Seurat: La Parade du Cirque (1888) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  23. Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
  24. Ernst: La Ville Entiere (1936) - Kunsthaus, Zurich
  25. Rembrandt: De Nachtwacht/ Militia Company/ Nightwatch (1642) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  26. Van Eyck: Madonna in the Church (1425) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
  27. Bruegel: Der Kampf Zwischenfaschig/ The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
  28. Leonardo: Gioconda/ Mona Lisa (1505) - Louvre, Paris
  29. Raffaello: Trasfigurazione (1519) - Pinacoteca Vaticana, Roma
  30. Rousseau: Sleeping Gypsy (1897) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
  31. Piero della Francesca: Leggenda della Vera Croce (1460) - S.Francesco, Arezzo
  32. Van Gogh: De Aardappeleters/ Potato Eaters (1885) - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
  33. Bruegel: Nederlandse Spreekwoorden/ Dutch Proverbs (1559) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin
  34. Greco: La Crucifixion (1594) - Prado, Madrid
  35. Seurat: La Grande Jatte (1886) - Art Institute, Chicago
  36. Altdorfer: Die Alexanderschlacht/ The Battle of Alexander the Great (1529) - Alte Pinakothek, Munchen
  37. Monet: The Grainstack (1896) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  38. Klee: Ad Marginen (1930) - Kunstmuseum, Basel
  39. Rembrandt: Belsazar's Feest/ Belshazzar's Feast (1635) - National Gallery, London
  40. Van Gogh: Le Cypres/ Cypresses (1889) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  41. Rubens: St Agustine (1638), National Gallery, Prague
  42. Van Eyck: Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434) - National Gallery, London
  43. Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) - Musee National d'Orsay, Paris
  44. Renoir: Le Dejeuner des Canotiers (1881) - Phillips Collection, Washington
  45. Goya: Aquelarre/ Il Grande Caprone (1821) - Prado, Madrid
  46. Velasquez: Las Meninas (1656) - Prado, Madrid
  47. Chagall: Moi et Le Village/ I and the Village (1911) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
  48. Duchamp: Nu Descendant un Escalier #2/ Nude Descending a Staircase #2 (1912) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
  49. Van der Weyden: Deposition (1435) - Prado, Madrid
  50. Rembrandt: De Anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp/ Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp (1632) - Mauritshuis, Den Haag
  51. Rembrandt: Anatomy Lesson of Dr Deyman (1656) - Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  52. Van Dyck: Rinaldo e Armida (1629), Museum of Art, Baltimore
  53. Rousseau: Coucher de Soleil sur la Foret/ Carnival Evening (1886) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia
  54. Renoir: Les Parapluies/ The Umbrellas (1884) - National Gallery, London
  55. Van Eyck: The Virgin of Ivers/ The Virgin and Chancellor Rolin (1435) - Louvre, Paris
  56. Goya: Asmodeo/ Saturno (1821) - Prado, Madrid
  57. Greco: Lacoonte (1610) - National Gallery, Washington
  58. Magritte: Faux Miroir (1928) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
  59. DeChirico: Il Grande Metafisico (1917) - Museum of Modern Art, New York
  60. Magritte: Condition Humain (1934) - National Gallery, Washington
  61. Bruegel: De Toren van Babel/ Babel Tower (1563) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien
  62. Tansey: Triumph over Mastery (1986) - Private Collection, New York
  63. Magritte: Castle in the Pyrenees (1959) - Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  64. Tansey: Forward Retreat (1986) - Broad Contemporary Art Museum, Los Angeles
  65. Millet: Harvesters Resting (1853) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  66. Munch: Der Schrei der Natur/ The Scream (1893) - Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo

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