Vote for your favorite
In 2005, the Museum's 10th anniversary year, we asked everyone who visited — in person or online — to name his or her favorite artwork from the permanent collection. We are pleased to announce the favorites and the best quote that sums up the painting voted "#1".
The painting voted #1:
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Gustav Bauernfeind
German, 1848-1904
Jaffa, Recruiting of Turkish Soldiers in Palestine (Jaffa, Einziehung der türkischen Landwehr in Palástina), 1888
Oil on canvas
"Firstly, this is a gem of a Museum. Too bad the secret is so well kept! As for the painting, it is replete with shades of light, passionate distress and accurate depiction — this was not an easy choice!"
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The runners-up:
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Charles-Theodore Frère
French, 1814-1888
Along the Nile at Gizeh
Oil on canvas
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Maurice Leloir
French, 1853-1940
Manon Lescaut, 1892
oil on canvas
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Adolphe-William Bouguereau
French, 1825-1905
The Water Girl (Young Girl Going to the Spring, or Jeune fille allant à la fontaine), 1885
Oil on canvas
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Edwin Long
British, 1829-1892
Love's Labour Lost, 1885
Oil on canvas
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José Tapiró Baró
Spanish, 1830-1913
A Tangerian Beauty, ca. 1876
Watercolor on paper
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Jaroslav Cermák
Czech, 1830-1878
The Abduction of a Herzegovenian Woman, 1861
Oil on canvas
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Auguste Bonheur
French, 1824-1884
Cattle by a Lake
Oil on canvas
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François-Xavier Fabre
French, 1766-1837
Oedipus and the Sphinx, ca. 1806-1808
Oil on canvas
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Ernst Karl Eugen Koerner
German, 1846-1927
The Temple of Karnak, The Great Hypostyle Hall, 1890
Oil on canvas
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Alexandre Cabanel
French, 1823-1889
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Adolphe Jourdan
French, 1825-1899
The Birth of Venus, ca. 1864
Oil on canvas
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François-Joseph Navez
Belgian, 1787-1869
The Holy Family with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth, 1823
Oil on canvas
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
French, 1824-1904
Working in Marble (or The Artist Sculpting Tanagra), 1890
Oil on canvas
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François-Xavier Fabre
French, 1766-1837
Oedipus and the Sphinx, ca. 1806-1808
Oil on canvas
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Jean Jules Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ
French, 1842-1923
Judith, 1875
Oil on panel
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; "Gustav Bauernfeind")
; "Charles-Theodore Frère")
; "Maurice Leloir")
; "Adolphe-William Bouguereau")
; "Edwin Long")
; "José Tapiró Baró")
; "Jaroslav Cermák")
; "Auguste Bonheur")
; "François-Xavier Fabre")
; "Ernst Karl Eugen Koerner")
; "Alexandre Cabanel")
; "François-Joseph Navez")
; "Jean-Léon Gérôme")
; "François-Xavier Fabre")
; "Jean Jules Antoine Lecomte du Nouÿ")