- Sandro Botticelli, The Birth of Venus (circa 1485/86), Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, David (1501-04), Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
- Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa (1503-06), Musée du Louvre, Paris
- Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Creation of Adam (1508-12), Sistine Chapel, Vatican
- Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (1656), Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Jan Vermeer, The Girl with the Pearl Earring (1665), Mauritshuis, The Hague
- Vincent van Gogh, Starry Night (1889), Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), Museum of Modern Art, New York City
- Gustav Klimt, The Kiss (1908), Austrian Gallery Belvedere, Vienna
- Edvard Munch, The Scream (1893/1910), Norwegian National Gallery, Oslo / Munch Museum, Oslo