100 Greatest Paintings of All Time (pics)

Submitted by lukeprog on Wed, 06/01/2005 - 04:34
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  2. Bosch: The Garden of Delights (1504) - Prado, Madrid

  4. Michelangelo: Il Giudizio Universale/ Universal Judgement (1541) - Cappella Sistina, Roma

  6. Ernst: Europe After the Rain II (1942) - Sumner Collection, Hartford

  8. Klimt: Beethovenfries (1902) - Sezession, Wien

  10. Dali: Persistence of Memory (1931) - Museum of Modern Art, New York

  12. Klimt: The Virgin (1913) - National Gallery, Prague

  14. Bosch: The Last Judgement (1505) - Gemaldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Wien

  16. Klimt: The Kiss (1908) - Belvedere, Wien

  18. Botticelli: Allegoria della Primavera (1478) - Uffizi, Firenze

  20. Monet: Nimphee (1926) - Orangerie, Paris

  22. Dali: Metamorphose de Narcisse (1937) - Tate Gallery, London

  24. Leonardo: Il Cenacolo/ The Last Supper (1497) - S.Maria delle Grazie, Milano

  26. Rubens: Fall of the Damned/ Der Hollensturz der Verdammten

  28. Uccello: Battaglia di San Romano/Part I (1456) - Uffizi, Firenze

  30. Van Gogh: Starry Night (1889) - Museum of Modern Art, New York

  32. Raffaello: Sposalizio della Vergine (1504) - Piancoteca di Brera, Milano

  34. Dali: Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (1936) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia

  36. Bruegel: Triumph of Death (1562) - Prado, Madrid

  38. Botticelli: Nascita di Venere (1485) - Uffizi, Firenze

  40. Rubens: The Adoration of the Magi, Prado, Madrid

  42. Monet: Cathedrale de Rouen, Musee National d'Orsay, Paris

  44. Greco: Toledo (1599) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  46. Giotto: Cappella degli Scrovegni, Padova (1305)

  48. Cranach: Flugelaltar mit dem Jungsten Gericht (1524) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

  50. Seurat: La Parade du Cirque (1888) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  52. Ernst: La Ville Entiere (1936) - Kunsthaus, Zurich

  54. Rembrandt: Militia Company (1642) - Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

  56. Van Eyck: Madonna in the Church (1425) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

  58. Bruegel: The Battle Between Carnival and Lent (1559) - Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien

  60. Leonardo: Gioconda/ Mona Lisa (1505) - Louvre, Paris

  62. Raffaello: Trasfigurazione (1519) - Pinacoteca Vaticana, Roma

  64. Rousseau: Sleeping Gypsy (1897) - Museum of Modern Art, New York

  66. Piero della Francesca: Leggenda della Vera Croce (1460) - S.Francesco, Arezzo

  68. Van Gogh: Potato Eaters (1885) - Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

  70. Bruegel: Dutch Proverbs (1559) - Gemaldegalerie, Berlin

  72. Greco: La Crucifixion (1594) - Prado, Madrid

  74. Seurat: La Grande Jatte (1886) - Art Institute, Chicago

  76. Altdorfer: The Battle of Alexander the Great (1529) - Alte Pinakothek, Munchen

  78. Monet: The Grainstack (1896) - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  80. Klee: Ad Marginen (1930) - Kunstmuseum, Basel

  82. Rembrandt: Belshazzar's Feast (1635) - National Gallery, London

  84. Van Gogh: Cypresses (1889) - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  86. Rubens: St Agustine, National Gallery, Prague

  88. Van Eyck: Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife (1434) - National Gallery, London

  90. Renoir: Bal du Moulin de la Galette (1876) - Musee National d'Orsay, Paris

  92. Renoir: Le Dejeuner des Canotiers (1881) - Phillips Collection, Washington

  94. Goya: Aquelarre/ Il Grande Caprone (1821) - Prado, Madrid

  96. Velasquez: Las Meninas (1656) - Prado, Madrid

  98. Chagall: I and the Village (1911) - Museum of Modern Art, New York

  100. Van der Weyden: Deposition (1435) - Prado, Madrid

  102. Rembrandt: Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp (1632) - Mauritshuis, Den Haag

  104. Van Eyck: Rinaldo e Armida, Louvre, Paris

  106. Rousseau: Carnival Evening (1886) - Museum of Art, Philadelphia

  108. Renoir: Les Parapluies/ The Umbrellas (1884) - National Gallery, London

  110. Van Eyck: The Virgin of Ivers (1435) - Louvre, Paris

  112. Goya: Asmodeo (1821) - Prado, Madrid

  114. Greco: Lacoonte (1610) - National Gallery, Washington

  116. Magritte: Specchio Falso (1928) - Museum of Modern Art, New York

  118. Magritte: Condition Humain (1934) - National Gallery, Washington

  120. Giacometti: Das Kreisen der Planeten (1910) - Kunsthaus, Zurich

  122. Tansey: Triumph over Mastery (1986) - #, #

  124. Tansey: Forward Retreat (1986) - Broad Art Foundation, #

  126. Tansey: Mont Sainte-Victoire (1987) - #, #

  128. Millet: Harvesters Resting (1853)

  130. Veronese: Nozze di Cana (1563) - Louvre, Paris

  132. DeVries: Palastarchitektur mit Badernder (1596) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  134. Velasquez: Las Hilanderas (166?) - Prado, Madrid

  136. Memling: Johannesalterarn (1490) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  138. Bruegel: Babel Tower (1563) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  140. Bruegel: Procession to Calvary (1564) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  142. Bruegel: Massacre of the Innocents (1567) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  144. Bruegel: Bethlem (1566) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  146. Cranach: Johan Friedun (1544) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  148. Caravaggio: Davide/ Galea (1607) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  150. Rubens: Stormy Landscape with Philomenon/ Gemitterland Schaft mit Philenen (1625) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  152. Rubens: Feast of Venus/ Vennsfest (1637) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  154. Rubens: Miracle of St Ignatz (1618) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  156. Vermeer: Malkunst (1666) - Kunsthistorische Muzeum, Wien

  158. Vermeer: The Astronomer (1668) - Louvre, Paris

  160. Klimt: Judith I (1901) - Belvedere, Wien

  162. Klimt: Melo (1912) - Belvedere, Wien

  164. Paolo Uccello: Battaglia di San Romano/Part II (1456) - National Gallery, London

  166. Paolo Uccello: Battaglia di San Romano/Part III (1456) - Louvre, Paris

  168. Paolo Uccello: San Giorgio e il Dragone - National Gallery, London

  170. Klimt: Avenue Schloss Kaven (1912) - Belvedere, Wien

  172. Klimt: Beechwood (1903) - Belvedere, Wien

  174. Klimt: Fritza Riedler (1906) - Belvedere, Wien

  176. Klimt: Adele Blochbauer (1907) - Belvedere, Wien

  178. Schiele: Death and the Maiden (1915) - Belvedere, Wien

  180. Schiele: Mother with two children (1917) - Belvedere, Wien

  182. Schiele: Rainerbub (1910) - Belvedere, Wien

  184. Schiele: Family (1917) - Belvedere, Wien

  186. Bruegel: Sermon of St John 1566, Szepmuveszen Muzeum, Budapest

  188. Bruegel: Triumph of Death (15??) - Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel

  190. Holbein: Nikolaus Kratzer (1528) - Louvre, Paris

  192. Holbein: Georg Gisze (1532) - Louvre, Paris

  194. Holbein: Ambassadors (1533) - National Gallery, London

  196. Rubens: Debarquement de Marie de Medicis (1625) - Louvre, Paris

  198. Dali: Apoteosis of Homer, Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munchen

  200. Dali: L'Enigme du Desir (1929) - Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munchen

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Greatest paintings, best paintings, most important paintings, whatever. According to Piero Scaruffi, not me. If you find an image that is better quality than one I have here, let me know!