THE MOST FAMOUS
PAINTINGS
Una Sabljaković
MONA LISA
 Leonardo da Vinci
 Louvre museum in Paris
 Painted from 1503 or 1504
till 1519
 “The best known, the most
visited, the most written
about, the most sung about,
the most parodied work of
art in the world"
THE LAST SUPPER
 Covers the back wall of the
dining hall at Santa Maria
delle Grazie monastery in
Milan
 Painted in the late 15th
century
 Represents the scene of The
Last Supper of Jesus with
his disciples
Leonardo da
Vinci
THE CREATION OF ADAM
Michelangelo
Located on the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
Painted between 1508 and 1512
STARRY NIGHT
 Vincent van Gogh
 Painted in 1889
 Part of the permanent
collection of the Museum of
Modern Art in New York
Vincent van
Gogh
THE SCREAM
 Edvard Munch
 Painted around 1893
 On display at The
National Gallery, Oslo
THE PERSISTENCE OF
MEMORY
 Salvador Dali
 Painted in 1931
 Inspired by Albert
Einstein’s Theory of
Relativity
GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING
 Johannes Vermeer
 The “Dutch Mona Lisa”
 Completed around 1665
 On display in the
Mauritshuis Gallery in
the Hague
THE NIGHT WATCH
 Rembrandt van Rijn
 Completed in 1642
 On display at the Rijks
museum in Amsterdam
Rembrandt van
Rijn
GUERNICA
 Pablo Picasso
 Completed in 1937
 Inspired by the bombing of
Guernica in Spain during the
Spanish Civil War
 On permanent display
in Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Pablo
Picasso
Self-Portrait without Beard
 Vincent van Gogh
 The most notable portrait
because it's one of the
few that depicts him
without a beard
 One of the most
expensive paintings ever
sold
THE BIRTH OF VENUS
 Sandro Botticelli
 Created around
1485–87
 The painting is held
in the Uffizi Gallery
in Florence
WATER LILIES
 Claude Monet
 A series of
approximately 250 oil
paintings
 The paintings depict
Monet’s own flower
garden at Giverny
THREE MUSICIANS
 Pablo Picasso
 Two similar collage and oil
paintings
 Completed in 1921 in
Fontainebleau near Paris
 One version is currently owned
by the Museum of Modern Art
(MoMA) in New York City
the other is found in the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
THE KISS
 Gustav
Klimtbetween
 Painted between
1907 and 1908
 Belvedere museum
in the Belvedere
palace, Vienna

The most famous paintings

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    MONA LISA  Leonardoda Vinci  Louvre museum in Paris  Painted from 1503 or 1504 till 1519  “The best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world"
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    THE LAST SUPPER Covers the back wall of the dining hall at Santa Maria delle Grazie monastery in Milan  Painted in the late 15th century  Represents the scene of The Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples Leonardo da Vinci
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    THE CREATION OFADAM Michelangelo Located on the ceiling of The Sistine Chapel in Vatican City Painted between 1508 and 1512
  • 9.
    STARRY NIGHT  Vincentvan Gogh  Painted in 1889  Part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York Vincent van Gogh
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    THE SCREAM  EdvardMunch  Painted around 1893  On display at The National Gallery, Oslo
  • 14.
    THE PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY Salvador Dali  Painted in 1931  Inspired by Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
  • 15.
    GIRL WITH APEARL EARRING  Johannes Vermeer  The “Dutch Mona Lisa”  Completed around 1665  On display in the Mauritshuis Gallery in the Hague
  • 17.
    THE NIGHT WATCH Rembrandt van Rijn  Completed in 1642  On display at the Rijks museum in Amsterdam Rembrandt van Rijn
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    GUERNICA  Pablo Picasso Completed in 1937  Inspired by the bombing of Guernica in Spain during the Spanish Civil War  On permanent display in Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid Pablo Picasso
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    Self-Portrait without Beard Vincent van Gogh  The most notable portrait because it's one of the few that depicts him without a beard  One of the most expensive paintings ever sold
  • 24.
    THE BIRTH OFVENUS  Sandro Botticelli  Created around 1485–87  The painting is held in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence
  • 26.
    WATER LILIES  ClaudeMonet  A series of approximately 250 oil paintings  The paintings depict Monet’s own flower garden at Giverny
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    THREE MUSICIANS  PabloPicasso  Two similar collage and oil paintings  Completed in 1921 in Fontainebleau near Paris  One version is currently owned by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City the other is found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
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    THE KISS  Gustav Klimtbetween Painted between 1907 and 1908  Belvedere museum in the Belvedere palace, Vienna