V1 collection
Famous works — real-world connection explained
Icons of art history, plus history / religious / mythological / portrait scenes that do not have a single exact real-world viewpoint. These are never shown as exact-location map points; the page explains the actual connection.
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Wallraf–Richartz Museum Current collection
Hercules Separates Mounts Calpe and Abylla
Museo del Prado Current collection
The Merchant Georg Gisze
Gemäldegalerie Berlin Current collection
Remnants of an Army
Tate Current collection
The Inspiration of the Poet
Department of Paintings of the Louvre On view
Cimabue's Celebrated Madonna
National Gallery Current collection
Reception of the Grand Condé at Versailles
Musée d'Orsay Current collection
Belshazzar's Feast
Yale Center for British Art Current collection
Five O'Clock Tea
Museum of Fine Arts Boston Current collection
Portrait of Luca Pacioli
Museo di Capodimonte Current collection
The barrier of Clichy
Department of Paintings of the Louvre On view
Image not yet rights-cleared for display
The Great Masturbator
Cadaqués Real-world connection
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Current collection
Lorenzo Pagans and Auguste de Gas
Musée d'Orsay Current collection
The Children of Edward
Department of Paintings of the Louvre On view
Agony in the Garden
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours Current collection
Louis-Philippe I, King of the French (1773–1850)
Musée de l'Histoire de France Current collection
The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
Tate Current collection
Image not yet rights-cleared for display
Crucifixion
crucifixion of Jesus Real-world connection
Metropolitan Museum of Art Current collection
La rendición de Granada
Palace of the Senate Current collection