Europe Through Its Most Famous Works of Art

Not necessarily paintings, some of the most famous European artworks are sculptures or frescoes. This is the opinion of "halfabluesky," a Reddit user who posted a map of Europe on April 13, featuring the best and most famous artworks from the Old Continent. Indeed, as stated by Verne, this map closely resembles one published in 2012 on the website Europe is Not Dead.

These maps provide a single glance at the history of Europe. Wars, religions, and landscapes intermingle with some of the best art samples, works created over the centuries and eras.

In total, 44 examples are shown on this map, which we now break down by countries and artworks:

Albania: Iconography of Saint Mary holding the Baby Jesus on her right arm.

Germany: The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich.

Andorra: Fresco on the apse of the church of Sant Miquel d'Engolasters.

Austria: The Kiss by Klimt.

Belarus: The Fiddler by Marc Chagall.

Belgium: The Son of Man by Magritte.

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mountain Landscape by Karlo Mijić.

Bulgaria: Rachenitsa by Ivan Mrkvička.

Croatia: Roman Woman Playing the Lute by Vjekoslav Karas.

Cyprus: Work by Stelios Votsis.

Denmark: The Little Mermaid of Copenhagen by Edvard Eriksen.

Slovakia: Work by Albin Brunovsky.

Slovenia: Spring (Pomlad) by Ivan Grohar.

Spain: Guernica by Pablo Picasso.

Estonia: Half-Naked with Striped Skirt by Adamson-Eric.

Finland: The Wounded Angel by Hugo Simberg.

France: Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet.

Greece: Venus de Milo.

Hungary: The Old Fisherman by Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka.

Iceland: Thingvellir by Thorarinn B. Thorlaksson.

Ireland: Three Studies of Lucian Freud by Francis Bacon.

Italy: The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci.

Latvia: After Mass by Janis Rozentāls.

Lithuania: Tale of the Kings by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.

Luxembourg: Moselle in Greiveldange with Stadtbredimus by Nico Clopp.

Macedonia: Paris Psalter, a Byzantine manuscript considered a key monument of the Macedonian Renaissance.

Moldova: The Girls from Ciadar Lunga by Mihai Grecu.

Montenegro: The Virgin of Philermos.

Netherlands: The Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer.

Norway: The Scream by Edvard Munch.

Poland: Rejtan by Jan Matejko.

Portugal: O Fado by José Malhoa.

United Kingdom: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up by Joseph Mallord William Turner.

Czech Republic: The Absinthe Drinker by Viktor Oliva.

Romania: Car Cu Boi by Nicolae Grigorescu.

Russia: Golden Autumn by Isaac Levitan.

Serbia: The Wounded Montenegrin by Paja Jovanović.

Sweden: Breakfast Under the Large Birch by Carl Larsson.

Switzerland: The Walking Man by Alberto Giacometti.

Turkey: The Tortoise Trainer by Osman Hamdi Bey.

Ukraine: Zaporozhian Cossacks Writing a Letter to the Sultan by Ilya Repin.

Vatican: The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.