Famous Paintings Quiz: Who Made Them, How and Where?
What was the Mona Lisa painted on, why is The Night Watch called that, who painted The Tortoise Trainer? Test what you know about the details behind famous paintings in ten questions.
Where was Van Gogh staying when he painted "The Starry Night" in 1889?
What surface did Leonardo da Vinci paint the "Mona Lisa" on?
Who painted "The Tortoise Trainer" (Kaplumbağa Terbiyecisi)?
Which painter created "Girl with a Pearl Earring"?
Why did Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" get its name?
Whose painting is "The Persistence of Memory" (1931), famous for its melting clocks?
In Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", what does Venus arrive on?
Where is Leonardo's "The Last Supper"?
Which art movement took its name from a painting by Claude Monet?
How was Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" made?
Knowing a painting takes more than its title and its painter: the surface it was painted on, where its name came from and which wall it hangs on are all part of its story. From Leonardo to Hokusai, from Vermeer to Osman Hamdi Bey, this quiz asks about the lesser-known sides of famous works.
Ten questions, four options each. Every answer is settled knowledge in art history, and guessing is allowed.
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