What do realistic paintings have to do with science and economics? The goal of every science is to describe their object of study with complete elucidation, accuracy and detail. I believe that realistic paintings epitomizes this goal.
This post is a list of realistic paintings I collected from the Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia. I tried to find paintings that have extreme detail and accuracy. There is one painting per painter and they are chronologically ordered by date of birth of the painter. There are 54 paintings listed below.
1300
Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) - Madonna of Chancellor Rolin:
1400
Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) - Portrait of Doge Leonardo Loredan:
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) - Mona Lisa:
Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) - Durer self portrait:
Michelangelo (1475-1564) - The Libyan Sibyl (fresco):
Raphael (1483-1520) - Saint Catherine of Alexandria:
1500
Daniel Seghers (1509-1661) - A vase of flowers:
Vincenzo Campi (1530-1591) - St. Matthew and the Angel:
Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (1548-1608) - Metal Plate with Peaches and Vine Leaves:
Jacopo da Empoli (1551-1608) - Still Life:
Juan Sanchez Cotan (1560-1627) - Quince, Cabbage, Melon and Cucumber:
Georg Flegel (1566-1638) - Snack with Fried Eggs:
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) - Basket of Fruit:
Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573-1621) - A Pink Carnation:
Osias Beert (1580-1623) - Still life with oysters:
Willem Claesz. Heda (1593-1680) - Breakfast Table with Blackberry Pie:
Pieter Claesz (1597-1660) - Still life with silverware and lobster:
Francisco de Zurban (1598-1664) - Saint Francis in Meditation:
Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) - The Farmers' Lunch:
1600
Jan Jansz. Treck (1606-1652) - Stilleben mit einer Zinnkanne und zwei Porzellanschalen:
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (1606-1684) - Still Life with Fruit, Flowers, Glasses and Lobster:
Willem Kalf (1619-1693) - Pronk Still Life with Holbein Bowl, Nautilus Cup, Glass Goblet and Fruit Dish:
Alexander Coosemans (1627-1689) - Allegory of the Eucharist:
Maria van Oosterwijck (1630-1693) - Vanitas-Still Life:
Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) - The Art of Painting:
Jan van der Heyden (1637-1712) - Room Corner with Curiosities:
Carlo Manieri (1662-1700) - Still life with tapestry, pillow and sword:
Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) - The White Duck:
Canaletto (1697-1768) - View of the Piazzetta and the Bassin of San Marco in Venice:
Giamcomo Ceruti (1698-1767) - A Woman with a Dog:
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin (1699-1779) Attributes of Music:
1700
Luis Egidio Melendez (1716-1780) - Still Life with Bread and Figs:
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805) - The Guitarist:
Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818) - Vase of Flowers with a Bust of Flora:
Jon Constable (1776-1837) - Boat-building near Flatford Mill:
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) - Louis-Francois Bertin:
Charles Bird King (1785-1862) - Still Life on a Green Table Cloth:
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875) - Venise, La Piazzetta:
1800
John F. Francis (1808-1886) - Luncheon Still Life:
Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875) - The Gleaners:
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904) - Lake George:
Ivan Shishkin (1832-1898) - Winter:
Vasily Perov (1834-1882) - Alexander Ostrovsky:
Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912) - The Finding of Moses:
Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) - Flowers and Fruit:
Claude Monet (1840-1926) - View at Rouelles:
Luke Fildes (1843-1927) - Edward VII in Coronation Robes:
Ilya Repin (1844-1930) - Religious Procession in Kursk Province:
William Harnett (1848-1892) - A Study Table:
Henri Biva (1848-1929) - By the River:
Jules Bastien-Lepage (1848-1884) - October:
Hubert von Herkomber (1849-1914) - Hard Times:
Eilif Peterssen (1852-1928) - Summer Night:
Isaak Brosky (1884-1939) - Lenin in Smolny:
