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Most Famous Paintings Ever
Persona
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Persona wrote:
9. 

Title: Las Meninas

Artist: Diego Velázquez

Date:1656

Location: Museo del Prado, Madrid

Fun fact: The painting depicts the Habsburg family and court, the royal family of Spain at the time of the painting
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Persona
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Persona wrote:
10. 

Title: The Creation of Adam

Artist: Michelangelo 

Date: 1508-12

Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Fun fact: Michelangelo was asked to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Pope Julius II, who also commissioned Michelangelo to build his tomb
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Date: 06-12-2017 02:02
Persona
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Persona wrote:
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Title: Luncheon of the Boating Party

Artist: Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Date: 1881

Location: The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Fun fact: It was included in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882 and was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. 
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Persona
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Persona wrote:
12. 

Title: Grand Odalisque 

Artist: Jean Auguste Dominque Ingres

Date: 1814

Location: Louvre, Paris

Fun fact: The painting was commissioned by Napoleon's sister, Queen Caroline Murat of Naples.
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Persona
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13. 

Title: The Swing

Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Date: c 1767

Location: Wallace Collection, London

Fun fact: The painting was commissioned by a courtier, who wanted a painting of his mistress. 
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Persona
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14. 

Title: Liberty Leading the People

Artist: Eugène Delacroix

Date: 1830

Location: Louvre, Paris

Fun fact: The painting commemorated the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled Charles X of France.
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Date: 06-12-2017 06:05
Persona
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Persona wrote:
15. 

Title: The Birth of Venus

Artist: Sandro Botticelli 

Date: Mid 1480s

Location: Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Fun fact: Many art historians believed the painting was commissioned by the Medici family.
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vig wrote:
I am waiting to see if one specific painting will be posted here
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Date: 06-12-2017 06:28
Persona
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Persona wrote:
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Title: Napoleon Crossing the Alps

Artist: Jacques-Louis David

Date: 1801

Location: Château de Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison

Fun fact: There are five different versions of this painting.
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vig wrote:
Persona wrote:
10. 

Title: The Creation of Adam

Artist: Michelangelo 

Date: 1508-12

Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican City

Fun fact: Michelangelo was asked to paint the Sistine Chapel ceiling by Pope Julius II, who also commissioned Michelangelo to build his tomb
This one I managed to see in the Vatican when I was on break one summer. It was divine, but a lot of cops to make sure nobody took pictures
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Date: 06-12-2017 06:42
Persona
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Persona wrote:
17. 

Title: The Musicians

Artist: Caravaggio

Date: c1595

Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

Fun fact: Caravaggio created the painting for Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte.
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Date: 06-12-2017 06:55
Persona
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Persona wrote:
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Title: American Gothic

Artist: Grant Wood

Date: 1930

Location: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Fun fact: The house in the background of the painting is called the Dibble House and is now a popular tourist attraction.
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Date: 06-12-2017 07:04
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Kieren wrote:
HeyitsKarlee wrote:
Persona wrote:
2. 

Title: Starry Night

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

Date: 1889

Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City

Fun fact: Van Gogh painted Starry Night whilst being committed to an asylum. It depicts the view from his room.
my favorite painting ever!
i've been a fan of vincent van gogh's work since i was little, but i always liked starry night. i live pretty close to nyc so hopefully i've be able to see it in person one day!
This painting is surprisingly small irl.
I honestly expected it to be bigger in person but it's still amazing regardless.
don't get too close to it or the guards will pull a fit. :p
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Kieren wrote:
RoloLolo wrote:
Persona wrote:
6. 

Title: The Arnolfini Portrait

Artist: Jan van Eyck

Date: 1434

Location: National Gallery, London

Fun fact: It depicts the Italian merchant Giovanni di Nicolao Arnolfini and his wife, presumably in their home in the Flemish city of Bruges.
ιѕ ѕнe pregnanт? caυѕe ѕнe'ѕ gιvιng нιм тнe мaυry "yoυ are noт тнe ғaтнer" looĸ 🤔
She totally is prego. :p
i'd love to see some of jan van eyck's work irl. ;-;
I hope to travel one day and see it all.
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Date: 06-12-2017 07:09
Persona
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Persona wrote:
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Title: Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Artist: Georges Seurat

Date: 1884-86

Location: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago

Fun fact: The painting and Seurat's life were the subject of the Sondheim musical Sunday in the Park with George
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