Art Masterpieces- Where Are They? 4-3-2-1- go! Quiz

Answer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Jacque-Louis David (1748-1825) led the French Neo-classicalism school of painting. The painting, "Death of Socrates" (1787) depicts the last moments of Socrates (469-399 BCE), who was accused by Greek authorities of denying the gods, and given the choice of renouncing his beliefs or drinking poison hemlock. He chose the latter.
The Met has a fine collection of French paintings including also Marie-Denise Villers' (1774-1821) masterpiece "Young Woman Drawing".

Answer: The Louvre in Paris, France

"The Raft of the Medusa" measures a huge 16' x 23' and was painted between 1818 and 1819. The subject of the painting is the ordeal of the survivors of the French ship Medusa, which was crowded with Algerian immigrants, and which sunk off the coast of Africa in 1816.

This was a result of human error and incompetence and led to a huge scandal in France when the survivors told their stories. The government considered the painting to be a political attack at the time. However Géricault actually neglected to depict the most horrible aspects of the incident, including murder, and cannibalism, and rather showed the dramatic turning point when the desperate survivors attempt to attract the attention of the distant ship that eventually rescued them.

Answer: The Uffizi in Florence, Italy

Florentine artist, Sandro Botticelli (1446-1510) painted "Birth of Venus" using tempera on canvas, in 1485. It was painted for the villa of Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici at Castello.

Answer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Rembrandt Van Rijn (Dutch 1606-1669) painted this great work in 1653. In the painting, a medallion depicting Alexander the Great, whom Aristotle tutored, hangs from a gold chain around Aristotles' body.

Answer: The Art Institute in Chicago

Painted by Belgian artist, Rene Magritte (1898-1967). The Chicago Art Institute houses a number of surrealist Magritte's works including the famous painting of a train coming out of a fireplace in "Time Transfixed".

Answer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

"Young Woman with a Water Pitcher" was the first of 13 paintings by Dutch master Vermeer (1632-1675) to enter the United States between 1887 and 1919. The Met has a fine collection of Vermeers including "A Maid Asleep", "Study of a Young Woman", "Woman With a Lute", and "Allegory of Faith".

Answer: The Louvre in Paris, France

Painted in 1830, the painting became the symbol of the French Revolution and the fight for freedom. From 1979 to 1984 the image appeared on the back of the French 100 Franc Note.

The painting was moved in 2012 to The Louvre-Lens, an art museum located in Lens, Pas-de-Calais.

Answer: The Art Institute in Chicago

In "At the Moulin Rouge" (painted in 1895), Lautrec paints a group of friends, clientele, and employees of Paris's most famous dance hall (the artist included himself in the background). The striking green-faced woman on the right side of the painting was so shocking a sight that one of the painting's owners once cut it out of the painting. It was reattached years later.

Answer: The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

Goya, whose full name is Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, painted the son of the Conde de Altamira. The child lived from 1784 to 1792 and it is thought that the portrait was made after the latter date. The child holds a string attached to a pet magpie. The bird hold in his beak a calling card which close examination reveals to be that of the artist Goya.

Answer: The Art Institute in Chicago

Edward Hopper said that "Nighthawks" (painted in 1942) was inspired by "a restaurant on New York's Greenwich Avenue where two streets meet." Hopper managed to capture the eery glow of the florescent lights on canvas. Florescent lights were a new invention at the time.