March 29, 2025

15 Iconic Oil Paintings

Great examples of oil paintings



Portrait of a Man in a Turban by Jan Van Eyck, 1433



San Giobbe Altarpiece by Giovanni Bellini, 1480



The Mona Lisa or La Gioconda by Leonardo da Vinci, 1503-5



Sacred and Profane Love by Titian, 1514



The deposition from the Cross by Jacopo Pontormo, 1528



Danaë by Correggio, 1531



The Night Watch by Rembrandt, 1642



Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer, 1665



Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler, 1871



Bal du moulin de la Galette by Auguste Renoir, 1876



Bar at the Folies-Bergere by Édouard Manet, 1882



Starry Night by Van Gogh, 1889



Les Demoiselles d’Avignon by Pablo Picasso, 1907

Learn the differences between the different painting techniques. Compare fresco, tempera and oil painting.