Most Famous Paintings In The World 

Every year, art pieces worth billions of dollars pass through international auction houses. A few achieve the fame to be deemed household names. 

5. The Last Supper 

Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ painting is housed in Santa Maria delle Grazie in Italy’s Milan. It depicts the last time Jesus broke bread with his disciples before his crucifixion. 

4. The Birth of Venus

The fifteenth century painting housed in Le Gallerie Degli Uffizi in Italy was created by Sandro Botticelli. Botticelli creates a figure with the Goddess of Love emerging from a huge scallop shell. 

3. The Scream

The Scream by Edvard Munch is housed in Oslo’s National Museum. It, however, is not a single piece of work. 

2. The Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh’s bold use of thick brushstrokes is a favourite of geniuses of the world. Housed in New York’s Museum of Modern Art, those dreamy, swirling atmospheres have intrigued art enthusiasts for decades. 

1. Mona Lisa

The most famous painting in the world is a woman with an impeccable smile. Mona Lisa, created by Leonardo da Vinci, smiles down at thousands of visitors in Louvre Museum in Paris.