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Quiz about Art Masterpieces In What Museum Part 2

Art Masterpieces: In What Museum? (Part 2) Quiz

Identify the current homes of the following famous works of art.

A multiple-choice quiz by LUCA_BRASI. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
LUCA_BRASI

Time
4 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
309,235

Updated
Jul 23 22

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Question 1 of 10

1. The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Sculptures, were put on display in the Duveen Gallery of this museum in 1816. Hint

British Museum, London

Louvre Museum, Paris

Antikensammlung Berlin

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Early Sunday Morning" (1930), "Seven A.M." (1948), and "A Woman in the Sun" (1961) are among the over three thousands works by Edward Hopper in the collection of this New York City museum. Hint

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" is one of the major highlights of this museum. Hint

Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Louvre Museum, Paris

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Palazzo Pitti, Florence

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Question 4 of 10

4. This museum bought Grant Wood's "American Gothic" after awarding it a bronze medal and $300 in a competition. Hint

Des Moines Art Center

Art Institute of Chicago

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

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Question 5 of 10

5. Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" is the most famous painting of this museum. Hint

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Louvre Museum, Paris

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen

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Question 6 of 10

6. Henri Matisse painted two versions of "La Danse". The preliminary version which uses paler colors and less detail is now at the MoMA. The second version, known for its more classic Fauvist colors, and its companion piece "La Musique" are now in this museum. Hint

Louvre Museum, Paris

Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

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Question 7 of 10

7. To what museum would one go to view El Greco's "View of Toledo"? Hint

Louvre Museum, Paris

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Museo del Prado, Madrid

The National Museum of Catalonia

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Question 8 of 10

8. Where would one go to see Raphael's masterpiece, "The School of Athens"? Hint

Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Louvre Museum, Paris

Uffizi Gallery, Florence

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Question 9 of 10

9. Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party ("Le dejeuner des canotiers ") is part of this museum's permanent collection. Hint

Louvre Museum, Paris

Musee d'Orsay, Paris

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

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Question 10 of 10

10. "The Death of Marat" by Jacques-Louis David is housed in this museum. Hint

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Louvre Museum, Paris

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The Elgin Marbles, also known as the Parthenon Sculptures, were put on display in the Duveen Gallery of this museum in 1816.

Answer: British Museum, London

The legality of the removal of the "Elgin Marbles" has been questioned ever since Thomas Bruce, the seventh earl of Elgin, brought these Greek sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens to Britain in 1806.

2. "Early Sunday Morning" (1930), "Seven A.M." (1948), and "A Woman in the Sun" (1961) are among the over three thousands works by Edward Hopper in the collection of this New York City museum.

Answer: Whitney Museum of American Art

Gloria Vanderbilt Whitney, the museum's founder, was an enthusiastic supporter of Edward Hopper. Because of this relationship, Hopper's widow Josephine bequeathed her husband's entire artistic estate to the museum when she died.

3. Sandro Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus" is one of the major highlights of this museum.

Answer: Uffizi Gallery, Florence

The Uffizi is also home to fourteen other works by Botticelli including his "Primavera".

4. This museum bought Grant Wood's "American Gothic" after awarding it a bronze medal and $300 in a competition.

Answer: Art Institute of Chicago

Wood used his sister and his dentist as models for the rural couple for this painting.

5. Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" is the most famous painting of this museum.

Answer: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Another title for "The Night Watch" is the catchy "Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch".

Answer: Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso were noted friends and rivals.

7. To what museum would one go to view El Greco's "View of Toledo"?

Answer: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Domenikos Theotokopoulos, nicknamed "El Greco" ("The Greek"), was born in Crete in 1541, which at the time was part of the Republic of Venice. In 1577 he emigrated to Spain where he made Toledo his home.

8. Where would one go to see Raphael's masterpiece, "The School of Athens"?

Answer: Vatican Museums, Vatican City

Specifically, one would go to The Stanza della segnatura ("Room of the Signatura"), one of the four Stanze di Raffaello ("Raphael's rooms) in the Apostolic Palace.

9. Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party ("Le dejeuner des canotiers ") is part of this museum's permanent collection.

Answer: The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

The woman holding the dog in this famous masterpiece is Aline Charigot, Renoir's future wife.

10. "The Death of Marat" by Jacques-Louis David is housed in this museum.

Answer: Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

David was a close friend of Marat and he painted this portrait soon after his murder by Charlotte Corday. David was a revolutionary who later became a supporter of Napoleon I. After the fall of Napoleon, he emigrated to Brussels where he died in exile.

Source: Author LUCA_BRASI

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