Mona Lisa
The most famous painting of all time, the Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance in Florence. He began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 and finished it shortly before he died in 1519.Today, the Mona Lisa hangs again in the Louvre in Paris where 6 million people see the painting each year.
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Starry Night
The Starry Night was painted by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Although Van Gogh sold only one painting in his life, the aftermath of his work is enormous. Starry Night is one of his most famous paintings and has become one of the most well known images in modern culture.Since 1941 it has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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The Last Supper
The Last Supper is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci and covers the back wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
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The Creation of Adam
The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512.Among the last to be completed was the Creation of Adam and he is one of the famous paintings of all time and has been the subject of countless of references and parodies.
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Guernica
Guernica is one of Pablo Picasso most famous paintings, showing the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians.Picasso completed the painting by mid-June 1937. The painting can be seen in the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid.
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
Sometimes referred to as “the Dutch Mona Lisa”, the Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by Johannes Vermeer.The novel inspired a 2003 film with Scarlett Johansson as Johannes Vermeer’s assistant wearing the pearl earring.
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The Scream
The Scream is a series of expressionist paintings and prints by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, showing an agonized figure against a blood red sky.It was stolen in 1994 in a high-profile art theft and recovered several months later. In 2004 another version of The Scream was stolen from the Munch Museum, only to be recovered in 2006.
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Night Watch
Completed in 1642, at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.This varnish was removed only in the 1940s. The painting is on display in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.
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Water Lilies
Water Lilies (or Nympheas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet. The paintings are on display at museums all over the world. The one show above is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli created around 1485–87.Today, the painting is held in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.
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