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The comprehensive free reference for European painting. Over 50,000 works and 3,300 artists across ten eras, from Gothic to Post-Impressionism.

52,947 paintings · 3,296 artists · Ten eras of European masterworks

Painting of the Day

Portrait of a Venetian admiral.

Jacopo Tintoretto·1570

Did You Know?

“Rubens spoke six languages, served as a diplomat negotiating peace between Spain and England, was knighted by both Philip IV and Charles I, and ran the largest painting workshop in Europe, all at the same time.”

Explore by Era

Gothic

c. 1200–1400

1,230 paintings

Early Renaissance

c. 1400–1490

4,373 paintings

High Renaissance

c. 1490–1530

7,088 paintings

Mannerism

c. 1530–1600

2,587 paintings

Baroque

c. 1600–1700

8,534 paintings

Rococo

c. 1700–1770

4,202 paintings

Neoclassicism

c. 1770–1820

4,046 paintings

Romanticism

c. 1820–1850

8,371 paintings

Impressionism

c. 1860–1890

5,750 paintings

Post-Impressionism

c. 1886–1910

6,766 paintings

Artist Spotlight

Lucas van Leyden

Netherlandish · 1535–1600

29 paintings in our collection

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Lucas van Leyden (1535–1600) was a Netherlandish painter who worked in the Netherlandish artistic tradition, one of the richest and most technically accomplished in European art history during the Renaissance — the extraordinary cultural rebirth that swept through Europe from the 14th to 16th centuries, transforming painting through the rediscovery of classical ideals, the invention of linear perspective, and a revolutionary emphasis on naturalism and individual expression.