The Apotheosis of Homer by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Jean-Pierre Cortot, sculpteur by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Battle of Nancy (1477) by Eugène Delacroix
Christ on the Cross by Eugène Delacroix
Greek Interior (Gyneceum) by Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Turkish Patrol by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
Albanian Dancers by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
Francesca Da Rimini by Ary Scheffer
The Sister of Mercy by Ary Scheffer
Young Greeks Attending a Cock Fight by Jean-Léon Gérôme
Rustic Life by Akseli Gallen-Kallela
The girl and the rooster by Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Where to See Romanticism

341 museums worldwide

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Romanticism emerged in the late eighteenth century as a direct challenge to the Enlightenment's confidence in reason and order. Where Neoclassicism prized restraint, symmetry, and rational clarity, the Romantics pursued raw emotional experience, the terror and beauty of untamed nature, and the authority of individual imagination. The movement drew early m…

Works of Romanticism are held in 341 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Yale Center for British Art.

Key artists

Work by these painters is spread across the museums listed below.

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🇦🇺 Australia

1 museum

Also in AustraliaNational Gallery of Victoria (24)

🇧🇪 Belgium

1 museum

Also in BelgiumRoyal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (26)

🇫🇮 Finland

1 museum

Also in FinlandFinnish National Gallery (141)

🇫🇷 France

5 museums

Also in FranceLouvre (201)Eugène-Delacroix National Museum (82)Musée d'Orsay (36)Condé Museum (31)Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris (26)

🇩🇪 Germany

5 museums

Also in GermanyHamburger Kunsthalle (49)Munich Central Collecting Point (40)Alte Nationalgalerie (32)Kupferstichkabinett Berlin (27)Bavarian State Painting Collections (23)

🇳🇱 Netherlands

2 museums

Also in NetherlandsMuseum Boijmans Van Beuningen (89)Amsterdam Museum (30)

🇳🇴 Norway

1 museum

Also in NorwayNational Museum of Art, Architecture and Design (256)

🇷🇺 Russia

2 museums

Also in RussiaHermitage Museum (42)Russian Museum (24)

🇪🇸 Spain

1 museum

Also in SpainMuseo del Prado (142)

🇸🇪 Sweden

1 museum

Also in SwedenNationalmuseum (53)

🇨🇭 Switzerland

1 museum

Also in SwitzerlandKunsthaus Zürich (27)

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

13 museums

Also in United KingdomVictoria and Albert Museum (194)Tate (157)National Gallery (154)Royal Collection (65)Fitzwilliam Museum (63)Manchester Art Gallery (57)National Trust (52)Birmingham Museums Trust (43)Wallace Collection (40)National Galleries Scotland (31)Walker Art Gallery (29)Lady Lever Art Gallery (26)Royal Academy of Arts (24)

🇺🇸 United States

16 museums

Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (2650)Metropolitan Museum of Art (1210)Yale Center for British Art (505)Museum of Fine Arts Boston (75)Clark Art Institute (48)Smithsonian American Art Museum (42)Philadelphia Museum of Art (41)Art Institute of Chicago (40)Detroit Institute of Arts (38)Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (33)Walters Art Museum (31)Yale University Art Gallery (29)Gilcrease Museum (28)Buffalo Bill Center of the West (27)Cleveland Museum of Art (27)Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (26)

291 more museums hold Romanticism works with smaller collections, not listed here.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where can I see Romanticism paintings?
    Romanticism works are held in 341 museums worldwide, including National Gallery of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Yale Center for British Art.
  • How many museums have Romanticism artworks?
    341 museums worldwide hold works by Romanticism artists.
  • Which is the best museum for Romanticism?
    National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. holds the largest Romanticism collection with 2650 works.
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