CODART Canon

Listed below is the CODART Canon as it was compiled by CODART members before voting was opened to the public on 18 November 2019.

  1. André Beauneveau (ca. 1335 – ca. 1400), St Catherine, ca. 1374 — 1381, Church of Our Lady, Kortrijk
  2. Jacques de Baerze (active before 1384 – after 1399), Melchior Broederlam (ca. 1355 – ca. 1411), Retable of the Crucifixion, 1391 — 1399, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, Dijon
  3. Claes Sluter (ca. 1360 – 1405/1406), The Well of Moses, 1395 — 1404, Chartreuse de Champmol, Dijon
  4. Limbourg Brothers (ca. 1385 – 1416), Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, ca. 1412 — 1416, Musée Condé, Chantilly
  5. Master of Flémalle (1375/1379 – 1444/1445), The Flémalle Panels (St Veronica with the Veil, Madonna Breastfeeding, The Trinity), ca. 1428 — 1430, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
  6. Jan van Eyck (1390/1399 – 1441), Hubert van Eyck (1366/1370 – 1426), Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, 1432, St Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent
  7. Jan van Eyck (1390/1399 – 1441), Portrait of Giovanni(?) Arnolfini and his Wife, 1434, The National Gallery, London
  8. Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400 – 1464), Descent from the Cross, 1443, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
  9. Dieric Bouts (1410/1420 – 1475), Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament, 1464 — 1468, St Peter’s Church, Leuven
  10. Gérard Loyet (active 1466 – 1502/1503), Reliquary of Charles the Bold (with St. George), 1467 — 1471, Cathedral of St Paul, Liège
  11. Hugo van der Goes (ca. 1440 – 1482), The Adoration of the Kings, Known as ‘Monforte Altar’, ca. 1470, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
  12. Petrus Christus (ca. 1415/1420 – 1475/1476), Portrait of a Young Girl, 1470, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
  13. Master of Mary of Burgundy (active ca. 1470 – 1490), The Hours of Mary of Burgundy, ca. 1477, Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna
  14. Geertgen tot Sint Jans (1455/1465 – 1485/1495), John the Baptist in the Wilderness, ca. 1480 — 1490, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
  15. Hans Memling (1430/1440 – 1494), Dyptich of Maarten van Nieuwenhove, 1487, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges
  16. Jheronimus Bosch (ca. 1450 – 1516), Garden of Earthly Delights, 1490 — 1500, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
  17. Jan Borman (? – ca. 1520), Altarpiece of St George, 1493, Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels
  18. Renier van Thienen (1465 – 1498), Funerary Monument of Mary of Burgundy, 1502, Church of Our Lady, Bruges
  19. Jheronimus Bosch (ca. 1450 – 1516), The Owl’s Nest, 1505 — 1515, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
  20. Lucas van Leyden (1494 – 1533), The Milkmaid, 1510
  21. Joachim Patinir (1475/1480 – 1524), Landscape with Charon Crossing the Styx, 1520 — 1524, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
  22. Jan Gossart (1478 – 1532), Danae, 1527, Alte Pinakothek, Munich
  23. Maarten van Heemskerck (1498 – 1574), Family Portrait, ca. 1530, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Kassel
  24. Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen (1504 – 1559), Tapestry Cartoons for Charles V of the Conquest of Tunis, 1535, 1546 — 1550, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  25. Catharina van Hemessen (1527/1528 – after 1567), Self Portrait, 1548, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
  26. Pieter Aertsen (ca. 1508 – 1575), Butcher’s Stall, 1551, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
  27. Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502 – 1550), Customs and Fashions of the Turks (Ces Moeurs et fachons de faire de Turcz), 1553
  28. Frans Floris (I) (1519/1520 – 1570), Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1554, Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp
  29. Dirck Pietersz. Crabeth (1510/1520 – 1574), Wouter Pietersz. Crabeth (ca. 1520 – 1589), Joachim Wtewael (1566 – 1638), and others ( – ), Stained Glass Windows and Cartoons for the St John’s Church in Gouda, 1555 — 1601, St John’s Church, Gouda
  30. Joannes van Doetecum (ca. 1530 – 1605), Lucas van Doetecum (? – before 1589), after the Master of the Small Landscapes (active ca. 1550 – 1560), Farm, from the Small Landscapes, 1559 — 1561
  31. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526/1530 – 1569), Hunters in the Snow, 1565, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  32. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526/1530 – 1569), The Painter and the Buyer, ca. 1566, The Albertina Museum, Vienna
  33. Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526/1530 – 1569), The Beekeepers and the Birdnester, ca. 1568, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
  34. Johan Gregor van der Schardt (ca. 1530 – in or after 1581), Self Portrait, ca. 1573, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  35. Hendrick Goltzius (1558 – 1617), after Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (1562 – 1638), Tantalus, from The Four Disgracers, 1588
  36. Nicolaas de Grebber (? – ?), Nautilus Cup, 1592, Museum Prinsenhof, Delft
  37. Adriaen de Vries (ca. 1556 – 1626), Mercury Abducting Psyche, 1593, Musée du Louvre, Paris
  38. Anonymous Artist (? – ?), Bridal Gloves, ca. 1600 — 1625, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  39. Hendrick Goltzius (1558 – 1617), Sine Cerere et Libero friget Venus, ca. 1600 — 1603, Philadephia Museum of Art, Philadephia
  40. Roelant Savery (1576 – 1639), Two Jewish Scholars from the ‘Naer het leven‘ Series, 1603 — 1613, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
  41. Jacques de Gheyn (II) (1565 – 1629), Karel van Mander on His Deathbed, 1606, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
  42. Hendrick Avercamp (1585 – 1634), Winter Landscape with Ice Skaters, ca. 1608, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  43. Claes Jansz. Visscher (ca. 1587 – 1652), Plaisante Plaetsen, Print Series of 12 Landscapes, 1610 — 1620
  44. Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), The Elevation of the Cross, 1610 — 1611, Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp
  45. François Spiering (1551 – 1630), The History of Diana Tapestry Series, 1610, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  46. Joachim Wtewael (1566 – 1638), Perseus and Andromeda, 1611, Musée du Louvre, Paris
  47. Paulus van Vianen (I) (ca. 1570 – 1613), Ewer and Basin with Scenes from the Story of Diana, 1613, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  48. Adriaen van de Venne (ca. 1589 – 1662), Fishing for Souls, 1614, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  49. Adam van Vianen (I) (1568/1569 – 1627), Lidded Ewer, 1614, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  50. Hendrick de Keyser (1665 – 1621), Tomb of William of Orange, 1614 — 1623, New Church, Delft
  51. Clara Peeters (1580/1590 – ca. 1621), Still Life with Cheeses, Almonds and Pretzels, ca. 1615, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  52. Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568 – 1625), The Five Senses (Series), 1617 — 1618, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
  53. Gerard van Honthorst (1592 – 1656), The Mocking of Christ, ca. 1617, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
  54. Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), Nicolas Rubens with Coral Necklace, ca. 1619, Albertina, Vienna
  55. Frans Hals (1582/1583 – 1666), Laughing Cavalier, 1624, The Wallace Collection, London
  56. Hendrick ter Brugghen (1588 – 1629), Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene, 1625, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin
  57. Hercules Segers (1589/1590 – ca. 1640), The Mossy Tree, ca. 1625 — 1630
  58. Jan Lievens (1607 – 1674), Man in Oriental Costume, ca. 1629 — 1631, Schloss Sanssouci, Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam
  59. Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641), Portrait of Erasmus, from the Iconographie, ca. 1630 — 1646
  60. Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640), The Three Graces, 1630 — 1635, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
  61. Judith Leyster (1609 – 1660), The Young Flute Player, ca. 1630, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
  62. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Portrait of Saskia, 1633, Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
  63. Anthony van Dyck (1599 – 1641), Charles I at the Hunt, ca. 1635, Musée du Louvre, Paris
  64. Herman Doomer (ca. 1595 – 1650), Dirck van Ryswyck (ca. 1596 – 1679), Cupboard, ca. 1635 — 1645, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  65. Pieter Claesz. (1597/1598 – 1660), Breakfast Piece, 1636, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
  66. Adriaen Brouwer (1605/1606 – 1638), The Smokers, ca. 1636, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  67. Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678), The King Drinks, ca. 1640, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
  68. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Officers and other civic guardsmen of District II in Amsterdam, under the command of Captain Frans Banninck Cocq and Lieutenant Willem van Ruytenburch, 1642, City of Amsterdam on loan to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  69. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), The Three Trees, 1643
  70. Johannes Lutma (II) (1624 – 1680), Two Salt Cellars, 1643, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam
  71. Jan van Goyen (1596 – 1656), View of Haarlem and Haarlemmermeer, 1646, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  72. Adriaen van Ostade (1610 – 1685), Interior of a Barn, 1647
  73. Paulus Potter (1625 – 1654), The Bull, 1647, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  74. Jacob van Campen (1596 – 1657), Jacob Jordaens (1593 – 1678), Gerard van Honthorst (1592 – 1656), Caesar van Everdingen (1616/1617 – 1678), and others ( – ), Oranjezaal, 1648 — 1652, Huis ten Bosch Palace, The Hague
  75. Artus Quellinus (I) (1609 – 1668), Relief Tribunal, 1648 — 1665, Royal Palace, Amsterdam
  76. Pieter Saenredam (1597 – 1665), Interior of the Sint-Odulphuskerk in Assendelft, 1649, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  77. David Teniers (II) (1610 – 1690), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in his Gallery, ca. 1650, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  78. Gerard Dou (1613 – 1675), Sleeping Dog, 1650, Museum of Fine Arts, Van Otterloo Collection, Boston
  79. Jan Asselijn (1600/1616 – 1652), The Threatened Swan, ca. 1650, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  80. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), The Three Crosses, 1653
  81. Gerard ter Borch (II) (1611 – 1681), Gallant Conversation, Known as ‘The Paternal Admonition’, ca. 1654, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  82. Carel Fabritius (1622 – 1654), The Goldfinch, 1654, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  83. Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/1629 – 1682), The Jewish Cemetery, 1654 — 1655, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
  84. Aelbert Cuyp (1620 – 1691), View of Dordrecht from the North, ca. 1655, Ascott House, Buckinghamshire
  85. Pieter de Hooch (1629 – after 1684), The Courtyard of a House in Delft, 1658, The National Gallery, London
  86. Pieter van Anraedt (ca. 1635 – 1678), Still Life with Earthenware Jug and Clay Pipes, 1658, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  87. Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), The Milkmaid, ca. 1660, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  88. Johannes Vermeer (1632 – 1675), View of Delft, ca. 1660 — 1661, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  89. Gabriel Metsu (1629 – 1667), Woman Reading a Letter and Man Writing a Letter, ca. 1664 — 1666, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin
  90. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Self Portrait, ca. 1665, Kenwood House, London
  91. Jan Steen (1625/1626 – 1679), The Feast of Saint Nicholas, 1665 — 1668, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  92. Rembrandt van Rijn (1606 – 1669), Isaac and Rebecca, Known as ‘The Jewish Bride’, ca. 1665 — 1669, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  93. Gerrit Berckheyde (1638 – 1698), View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht, Known as “The Golden Bend”, 1671 — 1672, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
  94. Meindert Hobbema (1638 – 1709), The Avenue at Middelharnis, 1689, The National Gallery, London
  95. The “Greek A” Factory (1685 – 1701), led by Adrianus Kocx (? – 1701), Tulip Vase, ca. 1694, Royal Collection Trust, Hampton Court Palace, London
  96. Anonymous Artist (? – ?), Dollhouse, 1699 — 1743, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
  97. Maria Sibylla Merian (1647 – 1717), Pomegranate and Menelaus Blue Morpho Butterfly, 1702 — 1703, The Royal Collection Trust, Windsor Castle, London
  98. Adriaen Coorte (1659/1664 – 1707), Still Life with Wild Strawberries, 1705, Mauritshuis, The Hague
  99. Rachel Ruysch (1664 – 1750), Flower Still Life, 1726, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
  100. Laurent Delvaux (1696 – 1778), Pulpit, 1741 — 1745, St Bavo’s Cathedral, Ghent

Click here to return to the ‘about section’ on this website.

 

100 Masterpieces

Dutch and Flemish art (1350 – 1750)