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

Painting of the Day

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Paul Baudry·1858

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.”

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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

Richard Wilson

British · 1714–1782

112 paintings in our collection

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Richard Wilson (1714–1782) was born in Penegoes, Montgomeryshire, Wales, the son of a clergyman. He trained in London under the portrait painter Thomas Wright and initially established a successful practice as a portraitist. His career was transformed by a trip to Italy in 1750–1757, where he encountered the landscapes of Claude Lorrain and Gaspard Dughet.