The Canon

Where to see

273 works from the Canon in museums, churches, and galleries across 73 cities — from the Uffizi to the Met.

Florence

34 works

Uffizi

Madonna of the HarpiesAndrea del Sarto1517
Birth of VenusBotticelli~1485
PrimaveraBotticelli~1482
Maestà (Santa Trinita)Cimabue~1280
Rucellai MadonnaDuccio1285
Madonna and Child with Two AngelsFra Filippo Lippi~1465
Ognissanti MadonnaGiotto~1310
Battle of San RomanoPaolo Uccello~1438-1440
Portraits of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista SforzaPiero della Francesca~1465
AnnunciationSimone Martini1333
Venus of UrbinoTitian1538
Baptism of ChristVerrocchio~1475

Florence

Florence Cathedral (original design)Arnolfo di Cambio1296
Palazzo VecchioArnolfo di Cambio1299

Museo Nazionale del Bargello

David (bronze)Donatello~1440s
MercuryGiambologna~1580

Museo di San Marco

San Marco frescoesFra Angelico~1438-1445
Deposition (Santa Trinita)Fra Angelico~1432

Santa Maria Novella

Tornabuoni Chapel frescoesDomenico Ghirlandaio1485-1490
Holy TrinityMasaccio~1427

Loggia dei Lanzi

Perseus with the Head of MedusaBenvenuto Cellini1554
Rape of the Sabine WomenGiambologna1583

Museo di Santa Croce

Crucifix (Santa Croce)Cimabue~1288

Orsanmichele

Tabernacle, OrsanmicheleOrcagna1359

Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore

Dome of Florence CathedralBrunelleschi1420–1436

Piazza della Santissima Annunziata

Ospedale degli InnocentiBrunelleschi1419

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

Gates of Paradise (East doors)Lorenzo Ghiberti1425-1452

Baptistery

North doors, BaptisteryLorenzo Ghiberti1403-1424

Chiostro Verde, Santa Maria Novella

The FloodPaolo Uccello~1447

Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine

Brancacci Chapel frescoesMasaccio~1425

Galleria degli Uffizi

Crucifixion (Pazzi)Perugino~1496

Ognissanti

Last Supper (Ognissanti)Domenico Ghirlandaio1480

Galleria dell'Accademia

DavidMichelangelo1504

Museo del Cenacolo di Andrea del Sarto

Last Supper (San Salvi)Andrea del Sarto1527

Paris

31 works

Louvre

Pilgrimage to the Isle of CytheraAntoine Watteau1717
Pierrot (Gilles)Antoine Watteau~1719
Psyche Revived by Cupid's KissAntonio Canova1793
Liberty Leading the PeopleDelacroix1830
Death of SardanapalusDelacroix1827
The Cheat with the Ace of DiamondsGeorges de La Tour~1635
Oath of the HoratiiJacques-Louis David1784
Grande OdalisqueJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres1814
The Turkish BathJean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres1862
The RayJean-Simeon Chardin1728
Saying GraceJean-Simeon Chardin1740
Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci~1503–1519
Et in Arcadia EgoNicolas Poussin~1638
The Four SeasonsNicolas Poussin1660-1664
Battle of San RomanoPaolo Uccello~1438-1440
Marie de' Medici cyclePeter Paul Rubens1622-1625
Wedding at CanaVeronese1563

Musee d'Orsay

The Dance ClassEdgar Degas1874
L'AbsintheEdgar Degas1876
OlympiaEdouard Manet1863
Le Dejeuner sur l'herbeEdouard Manet1863
A Burial at OrnansGustave Courbet1850
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1James McNeill Whistler1871
The AngelusJean-Francois Millet1857-1859
The GleanersJean-Francois Millet1857
Bal du moulin de la GalettePierre-Auguste Renoir1876

Bibliotheque nationale de France

Illustrations to the Maqamat of al-HaririYahya al-Wasiti1237

Chateau de Malmaison

Napoleon Crossing the AlpsJacques-Louis David1801

Musee Marmottan Monet

Impression, SunriseMonet1872

Musee de l'Orangerie

Water Lilies seriesMonet1896–1926

Musee Rodin

The Gates of HellRodin1880–1917

London

25 works

National Gallery

Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of ShebaClaude Lorrain1648
WhistlejacketGeorge Stubbs~1762
Bathers at AsnieresGeorges Seurat1884
The Agony in the GardenGiovanni Bellini~1465
The AmbassadorsHans Holbein the Younger1533
Portrait of ErasmusHans Holbein the Younger1523
Arnolfini PortraitJan van Eyck1434
The Hay WainJohn Constable1821
Battle of San RomanoPaolo Uccello~1438-1440
Mr and Mrs AndrewsThomas Gainsborough~1750
The Fighting TemeraireTurner1839
Rain, Steam and SpeedTurner1844
SunflowersVincent van Gogh1888
Marriage A-la-ModeWilliam Hogarth1743-1745

British Museum

Liber VeritatisClaude Lorrain1635-1682
Parthenon sculpturesPhidias~438 BC

Wallace Collection

The Laughing CavalierFrans Hals1624
The SwingJean-Honore Fragonard1767

Tate Britain

Carnation, Lily, Lily, RoseJohn Singer Sargent1886
Three Ladies Adorning a Term of HymenSir Joshua Reynolds1773

St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's CathedralChristopher Wren1675-1710

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Royal Naval College, GreenwichChristopher Wren1696-1712

Sir John Soane's Museum

A Rake's ProgressWilliam Hogarth1735

Victoria and Albert Museum

Salisbury Cathedral from the MeadowsJohn Constable1831

Courtauld Gallery

A Bar at the Folies-BergereEdouard Manet1882

New York

17 works

Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Rocky Mountains, Lander's PeakAlbert Bierstadt1863
The Dance ClassEdgar Degas1874
View of ToledoEl Greco~1600
Opening of the Fifth SealEl Greco~1610
The Penitent MagdaleneGeorges de La Tour~1640
Madame X (Madame Pierre Gautreau)John Singer Sargent1884
The Champion Single Sculls (Max Schmitt in a Single Scull)Thomas Eakins1871
The Gulf StreamWinslow Homer1899
Snap the WhipWinslow Homer1872

Museum of Modern Art

White on WhiteKazimir Malevich1918
The DanceMatisse1910
The Red StudioMatisse1911
Broadway Boogie WoogiePiet Mondrian1943
The Starry NightVincent van Gogh1889

Frick Collection

The Progress of LoveJean-Honore Fragonard1771-1773
Salisbury Cathedral from the MeadowsJohn Constable1831

Whitney Museum of American Art

The ShowerPaul Cadmus1943

Venice

11 works

Gallerie dell'Accademia

The TempestGiorgione~1508
Vitruvian ManLeonardo da Vinci~1490
Feast in the House of LeviVeronese1573

San Zaccaria

San Zaccaria AltarpieceGiovanni Bellini1505

Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Equestrian statue of ColleoniVerrocchio~1480-1488

Basilica dei Frari

Assumption of the VirginTitian1518

Venice

San Giorgio Maggiore, VeniceAndrea Palladio1566

Palazzo Ducale

Paradise (Doge's Palace)Tintoretto1588-1592

Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Scuola di San Rocco cycleTintoretto1564-1588

San Giorgio Maggiore

Last Supper (San Giorgio Maggiore)Tintoretto1594

Palazzo Labia

Palazzo Labia frescoesGiambattista Tiepolo~1747

Rome

11 works

Sistine Chapel, Vatican

Sistine Chapel ceilingMichelangelo1508–1512
Delivery of the KeysPerugino1482

Vatican

St Peter's Square colonnadeBernini1667
St Peter's Basilica domeMichelangelo1547–1564

Galleria Borghese

Pauline Borghese as Venus VictrixAntonio Canova1808
Apollo and DaphneBernini1625

St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican

PietàMichelangelo1499

Stanze di Raffaello, Vatican

School of AthensRaphael1509–1511

San Luigi dei Francesi

Calling of St MatthewCaravaggio1600

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini

Judith Beheading HolofernesCaravaggio~1599

Santa Maria della Vittoria

Ecstasy of St TeresaBernini1652

Vienna

9 works

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Jupiter and IoCorreggio~1531
Hunters in the SnowPieter Bruegel the Elder1565
The Peasant WeddingPieter Bruegel the Elder1567
The Tower of BabelPieter Bruegel the Elder1563
The Art of PaintingVermeer~1666

Belvedere

The EmbraceEgon Schiele1917
The KissKlimt1907–1908

Secession Building

Beethoven FriezeKlimt1902

Leopold Museum

Self-Portrait with PhysalisEgon Schiele1912

Score

8 works

Score

Nevâ KârBuhurizade Mustafa Itri~1690s
Segâh Tekbir and Salât-ı ÜmmiyeBuhurizade Mustafa Itri~1680s
Rast Kâr-ı NâtıkHammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi~1820s
Mevlevi Ayin in Ferahfeza makamHammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi~1830s
Kalophonic chants and cherubic hymnsJoannes Koukouzeles~1310-1350
Octoechos hymnsJohn of Damascus~730s
Nativity HymnRomanos the Melodist~530s
Kontakion on the ResurrectionRomanos the Melodist~530s

Madrid

7 works

Museo del Prado

The Third of May 1808Francisco Goya1814
Black PaintingsFrancisco Goya1819-1823
The Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch~1500
The Garden of LovePeter Paul Rubens~1633
Las MeninasVelázquez1656
Surrender of BredaVelázquez1635

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum

Portrait of Henry VIIIHans Holbein the Younger1537

Poem

7 works

Poem

Ode to a NightingaleJohn Keats1819
Ode on a Grecian UrnJohn Keats1819
To AutumnJohn Keats1819
Don JuanLord Byron1819
Childe Harold's PilgrimageLord Byron1812
Prometheus UnboundPercy Bysshe Shelley1820
Ode to the West WindPercy Bysshe Shelley1820

Istanbul

6 works

Topkapi Palace Museum

Surname-i Vehbi illustrationsLevni~1720
Single-figure portraitsLevni~1710-1730
Süleymannâme illustrationsNakkaş Osman~1558
Surname-i Hümayun illustrationsNakkaş Osman1582

Istanbul

Süleymaniye Mosque, IstanbulMimar Sinan1550-1557
Sehzade Mosque, IstanbulMimar Sinan1548

Novel

6 works

Novel

The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne Brontë1848
Agnes GreyAnne Brontë1847
Jane EyreCharlotte Brontë1847
VilletteCharlotte Brontë1853
ShirleyCharlotte Brontë1849
Wuthering HeightsEmily Brontë1847

performed in Orthodox liturgy

4 works

performed in Orthodox liturgy

Kalophonic chants and cherubic hymnsJoannes Koukouzeles~1310-1350
Octoechos hymnsJohn of Damascus~730s
Nativity HymnRomanos the Melodist~530s
Kontakion on the ResurrectionRomanos the Melodist~530s

Moscow

4 works

Tretyakov Gallery

TrinityAndrei Rublev~1425
Portrait of MussorgskyIlya Repin1881
Black SquareKazimir Malevich1915
Composition VIIWassily Kandinsky1913

Amsterdam

4 works

Rijksmuseum

View of Haarlem with Bleaching GroundsJacob van Ruisdael~1670
Night WatchRembrandt1642

Van Gogh Museum

SunflowersVincent van Gogh1888
Wheatfield with CrowsVincent van Gogh1890

St. Petersburg

4 works

Hermitage Museum

The DanceMatisse1910
Return of the Prodigal SonRembrandt~1668

Russian Museum

Barge Haulers on the VolgaIlya Repin1873
Reply of the Zaporozhian CossacksIlya Repin1891

performed in Turkey

4 works

performed in Turkey

Nevâ KârBuhurizade Mustafa Itri~1690s
Segâh Tekbir and Salât-ı ÜmmiyeBuhurizade Mustafa Itri~1680s
Rast Kâr-ı NâtıkHammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi~1820s
Mevlevi Ayin in Ferahfeza makamHammamizade İsmail Dede Efendi~1830s

Dresden

3 works

Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister

Sleeping VenusGiorgione~1510
The Jewish CemeteryJacob van Ruisdael~1655
Sistine MadonnaRaphael1512

Treatise

3 works

Treatise

MonadologyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz1714
TheodicyGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz1710
New Essays on Human UnderstandingGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz1704

Boston

3 works

Museum of Fine Arts

The Daughters of Edward Darley BoitJohn Singer Sargent1882
Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?Paul Gauguin1897
The Fog WarningWinslow Homer1885

Play

3 works

Play

Miss JulieAugust Strindberg1888
A Dream PlayAugust Strindberg1902
The Ghost SonataAugust Strindberg1907

Oslo

3 works

Munch Museum

The ScreamEdvard Munch1893
The Frieze of LifeEdvard Munch1893-1918

National Museum

The ScreamEdvard Munch1893

Preserved by Diogenes Laertius

2 works

Preserved by Diogenes Laertius

Letter to MenoeceusEpicurusc. 300 BC
Principal Doctrines (Kyriai Doxai)Epicurusc. 300 BC

Siena

2 works

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

Maestà (Siena Cathedral)Duccio1311

Palazzo Pubblico

Maestà (Palazzo Pubblico)Simone Martini1315

Padua

2 works

Scrovegni Chapel

Arena Chapel frescoesGiotto~1305

Piazza del Santo

GattamelataDonatello1453

Mantua

2 works

Mantua

Sant'Andrea, MantuaLeon Battista Alberti1472

Palazzo Ducale

Camera degli SposiAndrea Mantegna1474

Milan

2 works

Pinacoteca di Brera

Dead ChristAndrea Mantegna~1480

Santa Maria delle Grazie

Last SupperLeonardo da Vinci~1498

Munich

2 works

Alte Pinakothek

Self-Portrait at 28Albrecht Durer1500

Neue Pinakothek

SunflowersVincent van Gogh1888

Basel

2 works

Kunstmuseum

Portrait of ErasmusHans Holbein the Younger1523
The Bride of the Wind (Die Windsbraut)Oskar Kokoschka1914

Detroit

2 works

Institute of Arts

The Jewish CemeteryJacob van Ruisdael~1655
Nocturne in Black and GoldJames McNeill Whistler1875

The Hague

2 works

Mauritshuis

View of Haarlem with Bleaching GroundsJacob van Ruisdael~1670
Girl with a Pearl EarringVermeer~1665

Berlin

2 works

Charlottenburg Palace

Pilgrimage to the Isle of CytheraAntoine Watteau1717

Alte Nationalgalerie

Monk by the SeaCaspar David Friedrich1810

Hamburg

2 works

er Kunsthalle

Wanderer Above the Sea of FogCaspar David Friedrich~1818
The Sea of IceCaspar David Friedrich1824

Washington, D.C.

2 works

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Among the Sierra Nevada, CaliforniaAlbert Bierstadt1868

Phillips Collection

Luncheon of the Boating PartyPierre-Auguste Renoir1881

Philadelphia

2 works

Museum of Art

The Gross ClinicThomas Eakins1875

University of Pennsylvania

The Agnew ClinicThomas Eakins1889

Edinburgh

2 works

National Galleries of Scotland

Vision After the SermonPaul Gauguin1888

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Self-Portrait as a Degenerate ArtistOskar Kokoschka1937

Chicago

2 works

Art Institute of

A Sunday on La Grande JatteGeorges Seurat1886
At the Moulin RougeToulouse-Lautrec1892-1895

Athens

1 work

Acropolis Museum

Parthenon sculpturesPhidias~438 BC

Olympia, Greece

1 work

Archaeological Museum, Olympia

Hermes with the Infant DionysusPraxiteles~340 BC

Manuscripts — various collections

1 work

Manuscripts — various collections

Proportional script systemIbn Muqla~900-930

Dublin

1 work

Chester Beatty Library

Quran manuscriptIbn al-Bawwab~1000

Mount Athos

1 work

Protaton, Karyes

Protaton frescoes, Mount AthosManuel Panselinos~1290-1310

Pisa

1 work

Camposanto

Triumph of Death (attributed)Orcagna~1348

Novgorod

1 work

Church of the Transfiguration of Our Savior

Frescoes, Church of the Transfiguration, NovgorodTheophanes the Greek1378

Moscow Kremlin

1 work

Cathedral of the Annunciation

Icons for the Cathedral of the Annunciation, MoscowTheophanes the Greek~1405

Vladimir

1 work

Dormition Cathedral

Frescoes of the Dormition Cathedral, VladimirAndrei Rublev~1408

Ghent

1 work

St Bavo's Cathedral

Ghent AltarpieceJan van Eyck1432

Rimini

1 work

Rimini

Tempio Malatestiano, RiminiLeon Battista Alberti~1450

Prato

1 work

Cathedral of Santo Stefano

Prato Cathedral frescoesFra Filippo Lippi1452-1465

Arezzo

1 work

Basilica of San Francesco

Legend of the True CrossPiero della Francesca~1452-1466

Urbino

1 work

Galleria Nazionale delle Marche

Flagellation of ChristPiero della Francesca~1455

Orvieto

1 work

Chapel of San Brizio Cathedral

Last Judgment frescoes (Orvieto)Luca Signorelli1499-1504

Lisbon

1 work

Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga

The Temptation of St AnthonyHieronymus Bosch~1501

Colmar

1 work

Musee Unterlinden

Isenheim AltarpieceMatthias Grunewald~1512-1516

Frankfurt

1 work

Stadel Museum

VenusLucas Cranach the Elder1532

Istanbul University Library

1 work

Istanbul University Library

Beyan-ı Menazil-i Sefer-i IrakeynMatrakçı Nasuh~1537

Parma

1 work

Cathedral of

Assumption of the Virgin (Parma Cathedral)Correggio1526-1530

Edirne

1 work

Edirne

Selimiye Mosque, EdirneMimar Sinan1568-1574

Vicenza

1 work

Vicenza

Villa RotondaAndrea Palladio1567-1571

Toledo

1 work

Church of Santo Tome

The Burial of the Count of OrgazEl Greco1586

Antwerp

1 work

Cathedral of Our Lady

Descent from the CrossPeter Paul Rubens1614

Haarlem

1 work

Frans Hals Museum

Regentesses of the Old Men's AlmshouseFrans Hals1664

Wurzburg

1 work

Residenz

Wurzburg Residenz ceilingGiambattista Tiepolo1752-1753

Los Angeles

1 work

Huntington Library

The Blue BoyThomas Gainsborough~1770

Brussels

1 work

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

Death of MaratJacques-Louis David1793

Dramatic poem

1 work

Dramatic poem

ManfredLord Byron1817

Essay

1 work

Essay

A Defence of PoetryPercy Bysshe Shelley1821

Poetry collection

1 work

Poetry collection

PoemsEmily Brontë1846

Birmingham

1 work

Museum of Art, Alabama

Looking Down Yosemite ValleyAlbert Bierstadt1865

Kunsthaus Zurich

1 work

Kunsthaus Zurich

Composition with Red, Blue and YellowPiet Mondrian1930

Cologne

1 work

Museum Ludwig

Tableau IPiet Mondrian1921

D.C.

1 work

Navy Art Collection, Washington

The Fleet's In!Paul Cadmus1934

Private collection

1 work

Private collection

MallorcaPaul Cadmus1932