Famous Nude Paintings
The nude has been a central subject of Western art since antiquity. These hand-painted oil reproductions include famous classical nudes from the Renaissance to the 19th century.
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About Famous Nude Paintings
Titian's "Venus of Urbino" (1538, Uffizi, Florence) set the pattern for the reclining nude for centuries, with the goddess resting on white sheets in a Renaissance palace. Diego Velázquez painted "The Rokeby Venus" (around 1647 to 1651, National Gallery, London), the only surviving female nude by him, with Venus gazing into a mirror held by Cupid.
Francisco Goya painted "La maja desnuda" around 1797 to 1800, along with a clothed version, and both now hang side by side in the Prado. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres gave his "La Grande Odalisque" (1814, Louvre) an impossibly long back. Édouard Manet's "Olympia" (1863, Musée d'Orsay) shocked the Paris Salon by showing a real woman instead of a goddess.



































































































