World's Greatest Artworks

From Renaissance masterpieces to contemporary icons, explore the works that define art history and continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

103 iconic artworks across 33 periods

Early Renaissance

High Renaissance

Northern Renaissance

Baroque

The Fortune Teller (Louvre)

Caravaggio

c. 1594

Louvre Museum

The Fortune Teller (Capitoline)

Caravaggio

c. 1595

Capitoline Museums

The Cardsharps

Caravaggio

c. 1594

Kimbell Art Museum

The Calling of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio

1599–1600

Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi

The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio

1599–1600

Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi

The Inspiration of Saint Matthew

Caravaggio

1602

Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter

Caravaggio

1601

Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo

The Conversion of Saint Paul (Cerasi Chapel)

Caravaggio

1601

Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo

The Entombment of Christ

Caravaggio

1603–1604

Vatican Museums

Madonna of the Pilgrims (Madonna di Loreto)

Caravaggio

1604–1606

Sant'Agostino

Death of the Virgin

Caravaggio

1604–1606

Louvre Museum

Supper at Emmaus

Caravaggio

1601

National Gallery

The Taking of Christ

Caravaggio

1602

National Gallery of Ireland

Saint Jerome Writing

Caravaggio

1605–1606

Galleria Borghese

David with the Head of Goliath

Caravaggio

c. 1610

Galleria Borghese

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Caravaggio

1608

St. John's Co-Cathedral

Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Caravaggio

c. 1609–1610

National Gallery

The Seven Works of Mercy

Caravaggio

1607

Pio Monte della Misericordia

Bacchus

Caravaggio

c. 1596

Uffizi Gallery

Medusa

Caravaggio

c. 1597

Uffizi Gallery

Boy with a Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio

c. 1593

Galleria Borghese

The Musicians

Caravaggio

c. 1595

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Lute Player

Caravaggio

c. 1596

Hermitage Museum

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Caravaggio

c. 1599

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini

The Flagellation of Christ

Caravaggio

1607

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen

Supper at Emmaus (after Caravaggio)

Caravaggio

c. 1606

Hampton Court Palace, Royal Collection

Las Meninas

Diego Velázquez

1656

Museo del Prado

Dutch Golden Age

Romanticism

American Realism

Realism

Impressionism

Post-Impressionism

Neo-Impressionism

Art Nouveau

Expressionism

Abstract Expressionism

Neo-Expressionism

Fauvism

Proto-Cubism

Cubism

Surrealism

Color Field Painting

Pop Art

Contemporary

Contemporary Photography

Edo Period

Abstract Art

Suprematism

De Stijl

Modernism

Neo-Dada

Mexican Muralism

Street Art

Regionalism

Aesthetic Movement

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