Baroque art emerged in Rome around 1600 and dominated European visual culture for a century and a half. The style was born from the Catholic Church's need to reassert its authority after the Protestant Reformation, and the Council of Trent (1545-1563) explicitly called for art that would move the faithful through direct emotional engagement rather than…
Works of Baroque are held in 361 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, and Louvre.
Key artists
Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.
🇦🇹 Austria
2 museums
Also in AustriaKunsthistorisches Museum (241)Liechtenstein Museum (105)
🇧🇪 Belgium
4 museums
Also in BelgiumRoyal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (797)Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (137)Museum Plantin-Moretus (76)Groeningemuseum (61)
🇨🇿 Czech Republic
1 museum
Also in Czech RepublicNational Gallery Prague (50)
🇩🇰 Denmark
1 museum
Also in DenmarkStatens Museum for Kunst (65)
🇫🇷 France
4 museums
Also in FranceLouvre (686)Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes (264)Charles Sedelmeyer collection (169)Musée Fabre (56)
🇩🇪 Germany
8 museums
Also in GermanyGemäldegalerie Berlin (385)Bavarian State Painting Collections (196)Hessen Kassel Heritage (128)Johann Wilhelm von der Pfalz collection (94)Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (89)Wallraf–Richartz Museum (71)Städel Museum (59)Electoral Gallery Dusseldorf (50)
🇮🇪 Ireland
1 museum
Also in IrelandNational Gallery of Ireland (104)
🇳🇱 Netherlands
4 museums
Also in NetherlandsMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen (441)Rijksmuseum (369)Mauritshuis (139)Amsterdam Museum (100)
🇵🇱 Poland
1 museum
Also in PolandNational Museum in Warsaw (115)
🇷🇺 Russia
1 museum
Also in RussiaHermitage Museum (517)
🇪🇸 Spain
2 museums
Also in SpainMuseo del Prado (636)Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (48)
🇸🇪 Sweden
1 museum
Also in SwedenNationalmuseum (408)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
11 museums
Also in United KingdomNational Gallery (302)Royal Collection (249)National Trust (203)National Galleries Scotland (79)Wallace Collection (78)Fitzwilliam Museum (74)Courtauld Gallery (66)Dulwich Picture Gallery (58)Glasgow Museums Resource Centre (49)Victoria and Albert Museum (48)Ashmolean Museum (46)
🇺🇸 United States
9 museums
Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (1120)Metropolitan Museum of Art (277)Museum of Fine Arts Boston (81)Detroit Institute of Arts (76)Leiden Collection (65)Philadelphia Museum of Art (62)J. Paul Getty Museum (60)Vanderbilt Museum of Art (53)Los Angeles County Museum of Art (46)
311 more museums hold Baroque works with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Where can I see Baroque paintings?
Baroque works are held in 361 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, and Louvre.How many museums have Baroque artworks?
361 museums worldwide hold works by Baroque artists.Which is the best museum for Baroque?
National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. holds the largest Baroque collection with 1120 works.