Most popular paintings in May 2020

The international top 20 paintings includes: Mona Lisa, Guernica, The Last Supper, The Starry Night, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Creation of Adam, The Birth of Venus, School of Athens, Liberty Leading the People, Las Meninas, The Persistence of Memory, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, The Raft of the Medusa, Primavera, The Last Judgment, Lady with an Ermine, Impression, Sunrise and The Third of May 1808.

Briefly about the method

Wikipedia currently has over 53 million articles in over 300 languages. Despite the impressive number of articles, not all topics can be written in this free encyclopedia. At the same time, the community of each language version has the ability to decide which topic can be described in the encyclopedia, and which is not (for example, article must be notable). In addition, each language version can describe the same topic in its own way – it all depends on the number and experience of interested authors (Wikipedia users who edit articles).

Almost every Wikipedia article has an alignment to certain categories. Additionally, based on the content, you can specify the subject of the article – for example, using semantic relations on Wikidata or DBpedia. More details on the automatic classification process can be found in various scholarly papers (e.g. for articles or sources).

This article selected the most-developed language versions of Wikipedia with more than 1 million articles, including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other. After the classification of articles, only those that are dedicated to individual paintings. As a result for English Wikipedia 6621 articles about paintings were found, for Italian – 5743 paintings, for French – 5498 paintings, for Spanish – 3073 paintings, for Russian – 2846 paintings, for Polish – 2426 paintings, for German – 1307 paintings, for Portuguese – 1222 paintings, for Japanese – 561 paintings, for Chinese – 417 paintings and for Arabic – 249 paintings.

As mentioned earlier, every Wikipedia article can have different language versions, so we can find out different names of the same object (painting). Using open data on Wikipedia article views we can find out how many times a given article has been viewed on specific days. After collecting data for viewing all Wikipedia articles on paintings in the appropriate language versions May 2020 ranking of the most popular was made. First, the positions of paintings in the ranking are shown, which were obtained by adding up the page views from different language versions for a given painting. Later, the most popular paintings are shown for only one language version of Wikipedia.

Recently we observed that visitors number for some articles was “overclocked” in some periods of time. Therefore, we decide to provide additional modification of the pageview statistics for such cases and change this number (usually by reduction). Fairness of statistics for each article in selected language version in selected months can be assessed using such indicators as: number of the edits and authors, page protection, the rate of citation increasing of the article, popularity statistics of related keywords (phrases) in Google Trends and others.

1st place – Mona Lisa

Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci, in May 2020 the painting was on the 1st place in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, on the 2nd place in Italian and Chinese Wikipedia.

2nd place – Guernica

Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso, in May 2020 the painting was on the 1st place in Italian, on the 2nd place in Spanish, French, on the 3rd place in English, on the 4th place in Arabic, on the 5th place in Japanese, on the 6th place in Chinese, on the 9th place in German, Portuguese, on the 15th place in Polish and on the 16th place in Russian Wikipedia.

3rd place – The Last Supper

The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci, in May 2020 the painting was on the 2nd place in Arabic, English, Japanese, on the 3rd place in German, Russian, on the 4th place in Italian, on the 5th place in Spanish, Chinese, on the 7th place in French, Polish and on the 8th place in Portuguese Wikipedia.

4th place – The Starry Night

The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh, in May 2020 the painting was on the 3rd place in Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, on the 4th place in English, Spanish, Chinese, on the 6th place in German, French, on the 8th place in Polish, on the 10th place in Russian and on the 14th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

5th place – Girl with a Pearl Earring

Girl with a Pearl Earring, in May 2020 the painting was on the 3rd place in Chinese, on the 4th place in French, Japanese, on the 6th place in English, on the 8th place in Arabic, on the 10th place in German, Spanish, on the 12th place in Polish, on the 14th place in Russian, on the 15th place in Portuguese and on the 29th place in Italian Wikipedia.

6th place – The Creation of Adam

The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo, in May 2020 the painting was on the 5th place in English, Portuguese, on the 7th place in Arabic, German, Spanish, on the 8th place in Russian, on the 10th place in French, on the 14th place in Polish, on the 15th place in Chinese, on the 19th place in Italian and on the 35th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

7th place – The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli, in May 2020 the painting was on the 6th place in Spanish, Portuguese, on the 7th place in English, Japanese, on the 8th place in French, on the 11th place in German, Chinese, on the 12th place in Italian, on the 21st place in Polish, on the 25th place in Russian and on the 29th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

8th place – School of Athens

School of Athens – painting by Raphael, in May 2020 the painting was on the 4th place in Portuguese, on the 5th place in Italian, on the 6th place in Arabic, on the 7th place in Chinese, on the 8th place in German, on the 9th place in Spanish, on the 11th place in English, Japanese, on the 15th place in French, on the 31st place in Russian and on the 34th place in Polish Wikipedia.

9th place – Liberty Leading the People

Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix, in May 2020 the painting was on the 3rd place in French, on the 6th place in Japanese, on the 7th place in Portuguese, on the 8th place in Italian, on the 9th place in Chinese, on the 12th place in Spanish, on the 16th place in Arabic, on the 17th place in German, on the 21st place in English, on the 32nd place in Polish and on the 33rd place in Russian Wikipedia.

10th place – Las Meninas

Las Meninas – painting by Diego Velazquez, in May 2020 the painting was on the 3rd place in Spanish, on the 12th place in French, Portuguese, on the 16th place in Japanese, on the 17th place in English, on the 29th place in Polish, Chinese, on the 30th place in German, on the 43rd place in Russian, on the 44th place in Arabic and on the 54th place in Italian Wikipedia.

11th place – The Persistence of Memory

The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali, in May 2020 the painting was on the 5th place in Arabic, on the 9th place in English, on the 11th place in Portuguese, on the 12th place in Chinese, on the 13th place in Spanish, on the 14th place in Italian, on the 21st place in German, on the 22nd place in French, on the 33rd place in Polish, on the 34th place in Russian and on the 55th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

12th place – The Garden of Earthly Delights

The Garden of Earthly Delights – Medieval triptych by Hieronymus Bosch, in May 2020 the painting was on the 8th place in English, Spanish, on the 13th place in German, on the 18th place in Portuguese, on the 19th place in Russian, on the 26th place in French, on the 27th place in Arabic, on the 32nd place in Japanese, on the 33rd place in Chinese, on the 36th place in Polish and on the 59th place in Italian Wikipedia.

13th place – Sistine Chapel ceiling

Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, in May 2020 the painting was on the 9th place in French, on the 10th place in Portuguese, on the 12th place in Arabic, on the 13th place in English, on the 14th place in Spanish, on the 17th place in Chinese, on the 20th place in Italian, on the 23rd place in Russian and on the 27th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

14th place – Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog – oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich, in May 2020 the painting was on the 4th place in German, on the 11th place in Italian, on the 14th place in French, on the 17th place in Spanish, on the 22nd place in English, on the 37th place in Polish, on the 42nd place in Arabic, Portuguese, on the 62nd place in Chinese, on the 120th place in Russian and on the 188th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

15th place – The Raft of the Medusa

The Raft of the Medusa – painting by Théodore Géricault, in May 2020 the painting was on the 5th place in French, on the 16th place in Italian, on the 20th place in Japanese, on the 22nd place in Arabic, on the 23rd place in Spanish, on the 26th place in English, on the 27th place in German, on the 30th place in Chinese, on the 32nd place in Portuguese, on the 57th place in Polish and on the 64th place in Russian Wikipedia.

16th place – Primavera

Primavera – painting by Sandro Botticelli, in May 2020 the painting was on the 10th place in Italian, on the 15th place in Japanese, on the 16th place in Spanish, on the 20th place in Portuguese, on the 23rd place in English, on the 24th place in French, on the 25th place in German, on the 38th place in Polish, on the 44th place in Russian and on the 70th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

17th place – The Last Judgment

The Last Judgment – fresco by Michelo, in May 2020 the painting was on the 6th place in Italian, on the 12th place in Japanese, on the 14th place in Chinese, on the 15th place in Arabic, on the 18th place in Spanish, on the 25th place in English, on the 27th place in Portuguese, on the 28th place in Polish, on the 32nd place in French and on the 52nd place in Russian Wikipedia.

18th place – Lady with an Ermine

Lady with an Ermine – painting by Leonardo da Vinci, in May 2020 the painting was on the 5th place in Polish, on the 15th place in Italian, on the 21st place in Chinese, on the 30th place in Spanish, French, Japanese, on the 31st place in German, on the 32nd place in English, on the 34th place in Portuguese, on the 38th place in Arabic and on the 46th place in Russian Wikipedia.

19th place – Impression, Sunrise

Impression, Sunrise – painting by Claude Monet, in May 2020 the painting was on the 18th place in Italian, on the 20th place in Spanish, Polish, Chinese, on the 23rd place in German, French, Portuguese, on the 28th place in Japanese, on the 33rd place in English and on the 57th place in Russian Wikipedia.

20th place – The Third of May 1808

The Third of May 1808 – painting by Francisco de Goya, in May 2020 the painting was on the 11th place in Spanish, French, on the 36th place in Arabic, on the 37th place in English, on the 38th place in Italian, on the 40th place in Portuguese, on the 48th place in German, on the 55th place in Chinese, on the 81st place in Polish, on the 86th place in Japanese and on the 184th place in Russian Wikipedia.

The most popular paintings in Arabic Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  3. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  4. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  5. The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali
  6. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  7. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  8. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  9. Salvator Mundi – painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  10. The Potato Eaters – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  11. The Old Guitarist – painting by Pablo Picasso
  12. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
  13. The Death of Socrates – painting by Jacques-Louis David, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  14. The Crying Boy – mass-produced print of painting by Bruno Amadio
  15. The Last Judgment – fresco by Michelo
  16. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  17. Weeping Woman – oil painting by Pablo Picasso painted 1937
  18. petroglyph – images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
  19. Girl before a Mirror – painting by Pablo Picasso
  20. Arnolfini Portrait – 1434 painting by Jan van Eyck

The most popular paintings in Chinese Wikipedia

  1. Along the River During the Qingming Festival – painting attributed to Zhang Zeduan
  2. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  4. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  5. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  6. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  7. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  8. The Gleaners – painting by Jean-François Millet
  9. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  10. Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains – painting by Huang Gongwang
  11. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  12. The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali
  13. The Night Watch – painting by Rembrandt
  14. The Last Judgment – fresco by Michelo
  15. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  16. Night Revels of Han Xizai – painting by Gu Hongzhong
  17. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
  18. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte – painting by Georges Seurat
  19. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – painting by Pablo Picasso
  20. Impression, Sunrise – painting by Claude Monet

The most popular paintings in English Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  4. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  5. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  6. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  7. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  8. The Garden of Earthly Delights – Medieval triptych by Hieronymus Bosch
  9. The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali
  10. American Gothic – painting by Grant Wood
  11. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  12. Salvator Mundi – painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  13. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
  14. Saturn Devouring His Sn – painting by Goya
  15. The Night Watch – painting by Rembrandt
  16. The Son of Man – painting by René Magritte
  17. Las Meninas – painting by Diego Velazquez
  18. Nighthawks – 1942 oil on canvas painting by Edward Hopper
  19. The Treachery of Images – painting by René Magritte depicting a smoking pipe
  20. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte – painting by Georges Seurat

The most popular paintings in French Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  3. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  4. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  5. The Raft of the Medusa – painting by Théodore Géricault
  6. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  7. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  8. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  9. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
  10. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  11. The Third of May 1808 – painting by Francisco de Goya
  12. Las Meninas – painting by Diego Velazquez
  13. The Milkmaid – 1658 painting by Johannes Vermeer
  14. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog – oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich
  15. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  16. Luncheon on the Grass – painting by Édouard Manet
  17. Portrait of Louis XIV – painting by Hyacinthe Rigaud
  18. Arnolfini Portrait – 1434 painting by Jan van Eyck
  19. The Coronation of Napoleon – painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David
  20. Le Désespéré – painting by Gustave Courbet

The most popular paintings in German Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Game Changer
  3. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  4. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog – oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich
  5. Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I – painting by Gustav Klimt
  6. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  7. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  8. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  9. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  11. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  12. Salvator Mundi – painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  13. The Garden of Earthly Delights – Medieval triptych by Hieronymus Bosch
  14. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – painting by Pablo Picasso
  15. The Sea of Ice – painting by Caspar David Friedrich
  16. Black Square (1915) – painting by Kazimir Malevich
  17. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  18. Sistine Madonna – painting by Raphael
  19. The Kiss – painting by Gustav Klimt
  20. The Night Watch – painting by Rembrandt

The most popular paintings in Italian Wikipedia

  1. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  2. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  3. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  4. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  5. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  6. The Last Judgment – fresco by Michelo
  7. The Kiss – painting by Francesco Hayez
  8. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  9. The Fourth Estate – picture painted by Giuseppe Pellizza da Volpedo in 1901
  10. Primavera – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  11. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog – oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich
  12. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  13. The Kiss – painting by Gustav Klimt
  14. The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali
  15. Lady with an Ermine – painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  16. The Raft of the Medusa – painting by Théodore Géricault
  17. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – painting by Pablo Picasso
  18. Impression, Sunrise – painting by Claude Monet
  19. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  20. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City

The most popular paintings in Japanese Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  3. Chōjū-jinbutsu-giga – emakimono
  4. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  5. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  6. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  7. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  8. Ophelia – painting by John Everett Millais
  9. Ponchi-e – A kind of comical ukiyoe painting after Charles Wirgman’s “Japan Punch”.
  10. Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? – painting by Paul Gauguin
  11. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  12. The Last Judgment – fresco by Michelo
  13. Saturn Devouring His Sn – painting by Goya
  14. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  15. Primavera – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  16. Las Meninas – painting by Diego Velazquez
  17. Mōko Shūrai Ekotoba – Illustrated Account of the Mongol Invasion
  18. The Milkmaid – 1658 painting by Johannes Vermeer
  19. The Gleaners – painting by Jean-François Millet
  20. The Raft of the Medusa – painting by Théodore Géricault

The most popular paintings in Polish Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Constitution of May 3, 1791 – painting by Jan Matejko
  3. Black Madonna of Częstochowa – icon of the Virgin Mary
  4. Battle of Grunwald – painting by Jan Matejko
  5. Lady with an Ermine – painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  6. Rejtan – painting by Jan Matejko
  7. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  8. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  9. Racławice Panorama – monumental cycloramic painting depicting the Battle of Racławice
  10. Stańczyk – painting by Jan Matejko
  11. The Coronation of Napoleon – painting completed in 1807 by Jacques-Louis David
  12. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  13. Prussian Homage – painting by Jan Matejko
  14. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  15. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  16. The Calling of St Matthew – painting by Caravaggio
  17. Landscape with the Fall of Icarus – painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder
  18. Jewess with Oranges – painting by Aleksander Gierymski
  19. history of Poland in the Early Modern era – aspect of history (1569–1795)
  20. Impression, Sunrise – painting by Claude Monet

The most popular paintings in Portuguese Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Abaporu – painting by Tarsila do Amaral
  3. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  4. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  5. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  6. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  7. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  8. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  9. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  10. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
  11. The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali
  12. Las Meninas – painting by Diego Velazquez
  13. The First Mass in Brazil
  14. Independence or Death – painting by Pedro Américo
  15. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  16. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon – painting by Pablo Picasso
  17. The Death of Socrates – painting by Jacques-Louis David, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
  18. The Garden of Earthly Delights – Medieval triptych by Hieronymus Bosch
  19. Workers – painting by Tarsila do Amaral
  20. Primavera – painting by Sandro Botticelli

The most popular paintings in Russian Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Black Square (1915) – painting by Kazimir Malevich
  3. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  4. Morning in a Pine Forest – painting by Russian artists Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky
  5. The Last Day of Pompeii – canvas painted by Russian artist Karl Briullov in 1830-33
  6. Trinity – 15th century Russian Christian icon
  7. Sistine Madonna – painting by Raphael
  8. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  9. Курсистка
  10. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  11. The Appearance of Christ Before the People – painting by Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov
  12. Boyarina Morozova – painting by Vasily Surikov
  13. Theotokos of Vladimir – medieval Byzantine icon
  14. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  15. Girl with peaches – painting by Valentin Serov
  16. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  17. Heroes – painting by Viktor Vasnetsov
  18. Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks – painting by Ilya Repin
  19. The Garden of Earthly Delights – Medieval triptych by Hieronymus Bosch
  20. Rooks have Returned – painting by Alexei Savrasov

The most popular paintings in Spanish Wikipedia

  1. Mona Lisa – oil painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  2. Guernica – oil painting by Pablo Picasso
  3. Las Meninas – painting by Diego Velazquez
  4. The Starry Night – painting by Vincent van Gogh
  5. The Last Supper – mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci
  6. The Birth of Venus – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  7. The Creation of Adam – fresco painting by Michelangelo
  8. The Garden of Earthly Delights – Medieval triptych by Hieronymus Bosch
  9. School of Athens – painting by Raphael
  10. Girl with a Pearl Earring
  11. The Third of May 1808 – painting by Francisco de Goya
  12. Liberty Leading the People – painting by Eugène Delacroix
  13. The Persistence of Memory – painting by Salvador Dali
  14. Sistine Chapel ceiling – painted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City
  15. Saturn Devouring His Sn – painting by Goya
  16. Primavera – painting by Sandro Botticelli
  17. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog – oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich
  18. The Last Judgment – fresco by Michelo
  19. The Night Watch – painting by Rembrandt
  20. Impression, Sunrise – painting by Claude Monet

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