The Renaissance was a period of artistic and intellectual transformation that swept through Italy between roughly 1400 and 1600, then spread across Europe. Its defining impulse was the rediscovery of classical Greek and Roman culture: its philosophy, its architecture, its concern with the observable world. Painters and sculptors stopped treating the human…
Works of Renaissance are held in 177 museums worldwide, including Royal Collection, Louvre, and Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes.
Key artists
Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.
🇦🇹 Austria
2 museums
Also in AustriaKunsthistorisches Museum (42)Albertina (12)
🇫🇷 France
3 museums
Also in FranceLouvre (125)Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes (120)Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France (31)
🇩🇪 Germany
3 museums
Also in GermanyGemäldegalerie Berlin (68)Bavarian State Painting Collections (21)Städel Museum (11)
🇭🇺 Hungary
1 museum
Also in HungaryMuseum of Fine Arts, Budapest (20)
🇮🇪 Ireland
1 museum
Also in IrelandNational Gallery of Ireland (13)
🇮🇹 Italy
12 museums
Also in ItalyUffizi Gallery (72)Gallerie dell'Accademia (53)Royal Library of Turin (38)Galleria Palatina (32)Museo di Capodimonte (27)Biblioteca Ambrosiana (23)Pinacoteca di Brera (18)Gabinetto dei disegni e delle stampe (16)Museo Poldi Pezzoli (15)Accademia Carrara (14)Casa Buonarroti (12)Bargello National Museum (11)
🇷🇺 Russia
1 museum
Also in RussiaHermitage Museum (30)
🇪🇸 Spain
8 museums
Also in SpainMuseo del Prado (107)Museum of Santa Cruz (23)El Greco Museum (22)Toledo Cathedral (18)Collection of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints (13)Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (13)Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (13)National Sculpture Museum (12)
🇸🇪 Sweden
1 museum
Also in SwedenNationalmuseum (19)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
8 museums
Also in United KingdomRoyal Collection (336)National Gallery (111)Victoria and Albert Museum (34)British Museum (25)National Galleries Scotland (23)Ashmolean Museum (19)Courtauld Gallery (14)Christ Church (10)
🇺🇸 United States
8 museums
Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (109)Metropolitan Museum of Art (66)Smithsonian American Art Museum (33)Philadelphia Museum of Art (23)Detroit Institute of Arts (13)Hispanic Society of America (12)Art Institute of Chicago (10)Museum of Fine Arts Boston (10)
🇻🇦 Vatican City
2 museums
Also in Vatican CityVatican Museums (83)Sistine Chapel (22)
127 more museums hold Renaissance works with smaller collections, not listed here.
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Where can I see Renaissance paintings?
Renaissance works are held in 177 museums worldwide, including Royal Collection, Louvre, and Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes.How many museums have Renaissance artworks?
177 museums worldwide hold works by Renaissance artists.Which is the best museum for Renaissance?
Royal Collection in London holds the largest Renaissance collection with 336 works.