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Lost artworks

This article is about lost art. For other types of lost works, see Lost literary work and Lost media.

Lost artworks are original pieces of art that credible sources indicate once existed but that cannot be accounted for in museums or private collections or are known to have been destroyed deliberately or accidentally or neglected through ignorance and lack of connoisseurship.

Research and recovery efforts edit

The Art Loss Register is a commercial computerized international database which captures information about lost and stolen art, antiques and collectables. It is operated by a commercial company based in London.

In the U.S., the FBI maintains the National Stolen Art File, "a database of stolen art and cultural property. Stolen objects are submitted for entry to the NSAF by law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad."[3]

A number of search and recovery efforts were created in response to major loss events, notably:

Chronology of notable loss events edit

List of Wikipedia articles on notable missing artworks edit

See also: List of stolen paintings
  • Depictions of missing works
  • Just Judges from the Ghent Altarpiece
  • The Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest (1628), by Willem van Haecht, which includes the lost Van Eyck Woman Bathing as well as the lost Portrait of Albrecht Dürer in Black Hat and Cloak
  • Cornelis Bos' engraving of Leda and the Swan by Michelangelo
  • Rubens' copy of Titian's Isabella d'Este in Red
  • Rubens' sketch of Michelangelo's Hercules marble statue
  • Renoir's Landscape with Two People as it appears in Bazille's Studio
List of Wikipedia articles and article sections on notable missing artworks
Artist and workCreation date(s) (est.)Year lost (est.)Loss eventCommission, provenance, documentation and surviving copies notes
Phidias Athena Parthenos-447447 BCE950Originally in the Parthenon. Replicas and other works inspired by the original.
Lysippus Agias bronze-399399-400 BCEMarble copy found and preserved in Delphi
Lysippus Eros Stringing the Bow bronze-399399-400 BCEVarious copies exist
Lysippus Alexander the Great bronzes-356356-323 BCE
Lysippus Oil Pourer bronze-340 340-330 BCERoman marble copies
Lysippus Hercules bronze-340 340-330 BCEMarble copy by Glykon
Lysippus Apoxyomenos bronze-330 330 BCEMultiple marble copies
Saint Luke Hodegetria0060 60-84 AD1261Many copies exist.
Giotto Madonna panel1297-13371406-Bequeathed by Petrarch to Francesca da Carrara, lord of Padua, in 1370
Scolland/Lanfranc (attrib.), embroiderers Bayeux Tapestry, portions1070-10791137-(?)Estate dispersal[a]Possibly in possession of Adela of Normandy
Duccio Virgin of the Assumption13081771DismantledPanel of the Maestà altarpiece
Duccio Ascension of Christ13081771DismantledPanel of the Maestà altarpiece
Duccio Christ in Majesty13081771DismantledPanel of the Maestà altarpiece
Giotto Stories of the Apostles frescoes1314-13281700-1799WhitewashedFor the Giugni Chapel of the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
Martini, Simone Laura (Laura de Noves)1327-1344Portrait is the subject of Sonnets 77 and 78, Rime sparse (1372) by Petrarch
Giotto Commune of Florence allegorical fresco1328-1337Palazzo del Podestà. Vasari described a seated judge with sceptre, flanked by figures of Fortitude, Prudence, Justice and Temperance.
Donatello Joshua terra cotta14101750DisintegratedNorth tribune of the Duomo of Florence
Van Eyck Woman Bathing1420-14301628-Depicted in Willem van Haecht's Gallery of Cornelis van der Geest; it or a copy was in Antwerp in 1628
Fra Angelico Painted Crucifix1423For the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella, Florence
Van Eyck The Just Judges1430-14321934Ghent Altarpiece theftGhent Altarpiece panel. A photograph of the original and copies exist.
Lombardo, Tullio Eve14901819Lost when the Vendramin tomb was moved to Santi Giovanni e Paolo.[b]
Giorgione The Birth of Paris1492-15101650-Copied by David Teniers the Younger. Fragment of two shepherds may survive at Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest).
Carpaccio The Trial of Saint Stephen1511-15201806Napoleonic lootingScuola di San Stefano, Venice.[c] A drawing for the modello survives in the Uffizi
da Vinci Medusa (unfinished)<15001553-1599Collection of Cosimo I
da Vinci Leda and the Swan15081625-Disappeared from Fontainebleau. Wilton House has a copy by Cesare da Sesto.
da Vinci The Battle of Anghiari15051555-1572RenovationPalazzo Vecchio. Central section copied by Rubens
Correggio Albinea Madonna1517-15191657-Collection of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
Michelangelo Leda and the Swan1530Gifted to Antonio Mini, taken to France then disappeared. Engraved by Cornelis Vos in 1537
Michelangelo Hercules marble1492-14941713-1733RenovationDisappeared during the destruction of the Jardin de l'Etange at Fontainebleau.
Michelangelo David resting his foot on the severed head of Goliath bronze1502-15081794-1795French RevolutionChateau de Villeroy (destroyed in the early 19th century)
Raphael Portrait of a Young Man1513-15141939Nazi plunder
Raphael Saint Catherine of Alexandria1655-English Civil War / Estate dispersalCollection of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel. Engraved by Wenceslas Hollar
Vincidor, Tommaso Portrait of Albrecht Dürer in Black Hat and Cloak1520Depicted in the 17th-century gallery of Cornelis van der Geest painted by Willem van Haecht
Cellini The Wedding of Neptune and Amphitrite silver bowl1796 Napoleonic looting or reparationsTaken from the Chapter of the Basilica of Santa Barbara, Modena
Brueghel the Elder Market DayDepicted in the 17th-century gallery of Cornelis van der Geest painted by Willem van Haecht
Titian Portrait of Isabella d'Este in Red1524-15361640-Estate dispersalA copy by Rubens is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Titian Venus in Front of her Mirror1555-15761800-1899Spanish royal collection. A copy by Rubens survives[9]
Vasari or Bronzino Portrait of Bianca Cappello1572-1842Estate dispersalPurchased from Vitelli palace and gifted to Horace Walpole in 1754. Auctioned from Strawberry Hill House in 1842 (Lot 92, 20th day)
Carracci Christ head1580-16091945World War IIGemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden
Lorrain, Claude Aeneas and the Sibyl of Cumae1666-1673Collection of Prince Falconieri.[d] Liber Veritatis 183
Rubens Judith Beheading Holofernes1609Known only though the 1610 engraving by Cornelis Galle the Elder
Rubens Susannah and the Elders1617-1618Engraved 1620 by Lucas Vosterman
Rubens Satyr, Nymph, Putti and Leopards1618Now known only from engraving
Rubens Equestrian Portrait of the Archduke Albert
Van Dyck Portrait of Jules Mazarin before his appointment as Cardinal16411652The FrondeSold by the Tribunal of Paris in early 1652
Poussin Women Bathing1633-1634Luigi Omodei (1607-1685) collection.[e][10]
Rembrandt The Circumcision16461700-1799Collection of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange. Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum has a presumptive copy.
Vermeer Gentleman washing his hands in a perspectival room with figures, artful and rare1653-751696-Last known at the Dissius auction, Holland, sold for 95 guilders
Caravaggio A portrait of Alof de Wignacourt
Caravaggio Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence16091969StolenOratory of San Lorenzo, Palermo
Velasquez The Jester Francesco de Ochoa1633-16401701-Queen's quarters, Buen Retiro Palace
Velasquez Cardenas the Toreador1633-16401701-Queen's quarters, Buen Retiro Palace
Velasquez Pelican with Bucket and Donkeys1623-16351701-Buen Retiro Palace
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste The White Duck17531990Houghton Hall theft
Watteau Autumn1717-17181820-Pierre Crozat collection. Engraved in the Recueil Jullienne.[f]
Watteau Winter1717-17181920-Pierre Crozat collection. Engraved in the Recueil Jullienne.[g]
Oudry, Jean-Baptiste Jay and Oriole Hung by the FeetExhibited at the Salon of 1751
Tiepolo, Gianbattista Mars Resting ceiling painting1762-17681941World War IIRinaldi's Chinese palace, Oranienbaum. Sent to Pavlovsk for safety, vanished
David Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau on his Death Bed1793Exhibited with David's Marat in the courtyard of the Louvre, 16 October 1793. An engraving by Anatole Desvoges exists
Blake A Vision of the Last Judgment1808Earlier versions and sketches survive, but the final version has not been seen since the cancellation of an 1810 exhibit it was to have been part of
Turner Aeneas Relating his Story to Dido1850
Banvard, John Mississippi River Panorama1840-18461850-1899Cut into pieces
Renoir Summer Evening18641865Paris Salon
Renoir Landscape with two people18661939-1945Nazi Plunder and Soviet lootingDepicted in Bazille's Studio. Lower half survives as Woman with a Bird
Monet La Sortie du port1867-1868Smaller studies and sketches for the now lost painting survive as The Entrance to the Port of Le Havre held by the Norton Simon Museum.
Cézanne View of Auvers-sur-Oise1873-18751999Ashmolean Museum theft
Bracquemond, Marie Les Muses des arts18781919-Last reported location was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1919
Bracquemond, Marie The Swallow1880
Vereshchagin, Vasily Suppression of the Indian Revolt by the English18841891-Sold in New York to an unknown buyer
Hirémy-Hirschl, Adolf The Plague in Rome1884
Van Gogh The Lovers: The Poet's Garden IV18881937Nazi plunderDeclared degenerate and confiscated
Saint-Gaudens Diana bronze sculpture (first version)1891-1892Designed to crown the Madison Square Garden tower. Replaced by the artist with a lighter, smaller copper version
Cassatt Modern Woman tympanum mural18921893-Institutional neglectOver Women's Building entrance, World's Columbian Exposition
Fabergé Hen with Sapphire Pendant18861922Russian Revolution
Fabergé Cherub with Chariot18881922Russian Revolution
Fabergé Necessaire egg18891922Russian Revolution
Fabergé Mauve egg18981922Russian Revolution
Jovanović, Paja Furor Teutonicus monumental painting18991911-1939Institutional neglectChilean National Museum of Fine Arts. Belgrade City Museum has a heliogravure copy and sketch in oils.[11]
Fabergé Royal Danish Egg19031922Russian Revolution
Fabergé Alexander III Commemorative Egg19091922Russian Revolution
Metzinger, Jean Nu à la cheminée1910Black & white images survive
Metzinger, Jean Man with a Pipe1911-19121998Missing from Lawrence University since 1998, having disappeared while in transit on loan.[12] Images survive
Gleizes, Albert Paysage près de Paris (Landschaft bei Paris)19121937Nazi plunder[13][14]Black & white image survive
Metzinger, Jean En Canot19131938-Nazi plunderDisplayed at the Degenerate Art Exhibition in Munich and other cities, 1937-1938, confiscated.[15] Black & white images survive
Dix The Trench19361937[16]Nazi Plunder
Bacon Study after Velázquez III1950-19531953-Third in a series of portraits after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1650. [17][h]
Duchamp Fountain (Duchamp)19171918Black & white images survive, as do sixteen artist-sanctioned replicas
Kapoor, Anish Hole and Vessel wood and cement sculpture19842004Probably stolenDiscovered missing from its storage unit
Serra Equal-Parallel/Guernica-Bengasi a 38-ton metal sculpture19862006Possibly theftFormerly displayed at the Reina Sofia museum. Could not be located in 2006[18][19]

Chronology of notable find events edit

List of Wikipedia articles on notable finds edit

Notable finds
Artist and workCreation date(s) (est.)Year lost (est.)Year foundLoss event and recovery
Agesander/Athenodoros/Polydorus Laocoön and His Sons27 BC-68 AD1506-1906Destruction of Emperor Titus' palace; recovered during vineyard excavations.[i]
Caravaggio The Taking of Christ160218021990Misattribution by heirs of Ciriaco Mattei
Bacon Study after Velázquez I1950–5319531999Thought destroyed by the artist[17]
Bacon Study after Velázquez II1950–5319531999Thought destroyed by the artist[17]
Courbet Femme nue couchée186219452000Soviet looting of Budapest
Cimabue Virgin and Child with Two Angels1280-891800-992000Possibly Napoleonic looting of art
Giovane, Palma Francesco St Jerome15951750–992008
Bereny, Robert Sleeping Lady with Black Vase192019292009[20]Spotted as a prop in the film Stuart Little
Monet Beach in Pourville188220002010National Museum, Poznań theft
Van Dyck Magistrate of Brussels oil sketch163416952012Overpainting
Fabergé Third Imperial Egg188719222012Russian Revolution
Gauguin Fruits on a table or still life with a small dog188919702014[21]Terrence Kennedy residence, London, theft
Van Gogh Beach at Scheveningen in Stormy Weather188220022016[22]2002 Van Gogh Museum theft
Van Gogh Congregation Leaving the Reformed Church in Nuenen188420022016[22]2002 Van Gogh Museum theft
Cimabue The Mocking of Christ1280-891800-992019Possibly Napoleonic looting of art
Picasso Head of a Woman193920122021[23]2012 Athens National Gallery theft
Mondrian Stammer Windmill190520122021[23]2012 Athens National Gallery theft
Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes1604-05[24]1700[25]2014[24]

Lists of Wikipedia articles on notable destroyed artworks edit

List of Wikipedia articles and article sections on notable artworks presumed destroyed
Artist and workCreation date(s) (est.)Year lost (est.)Loss eventCommission, provenance, documentation and surviving copies
Polygnotus Sack of Troy-475 475-425 BCELesche of the Knidians. Pausanias in Description of Greece, Chapter X
Polygnotus Odysseus in the Underworld-475 475-425 BCELesche of the Knidians. Pausanias in Description of Greece, Chapter X
Phidias Lemnian Athena bronze-450 450-440 BCEParthenon
Zeuxis Female Centaur Nursing a Pair of Twins-450 450-400 BCE-86 86 BCEAntikythera wreckLooted by Roman General Sulla in the First Mithridatic War
Phidias Statue of Zeus at Olympia-435 435 BCE0448 448Lauseion fire[a]
Lysippus Seated Herakles colossal bronze-399 399-400 BCE1204 1204Fourth CrusadeTaras Acropolis, then the Capitoline Hill,[j] then the Constantinople Hippodrome
Praxiteles Aphrodite of Knidos marble-365 365 BCE0306 306-95Persecution of pagans[a]Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos.[k] Iris Love found statue fragments in 1970.
Chares of Lindos Colossus of Rhodes-292 292-280 BCE-226 226 BCERhodes earthquake
Regisole0193 193-5261796Jacobin vandalism[l]Erected at Ravenna. Moved to Pavia in the Middle Ages.[m]
Portraits of western and eastern imperial family members mosaic0425 4251747RebuildingSan Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna[n]
Portrait of the bishop of Ravenna mosaic0425 4251747RebuildingSan Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna[n]
Buddhas of Bamyan0500 500-992001 2001Taliban iconoclasm
Icon of Christ Chalkites0600 6000726 726-30Byzantine IconoclasmCopies exist.
Cavallini, Pietro Stories from the New and Old Testament fresco cycles1277-851823FireBasilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls[26]
Cimabue Diptych of Devotion panels1280 1280-89
Giotto Navicella mosaic1305 1305-131650 1650ReconstructionOutside Old Saint Peter's Basilica. Copies and drawings exist. Replicated.
Guariento Paradise1338 1338-701577 1577Doge's Palace fireDoge's Palace
Monaco, Lorenzo Virgin Enthroned with Saints and Angels14201945 1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
da Fabriano, Gentile Various works1405 1405-271577 1577Doge's Palace fireDoge's Palace
Pisanello Various works1415 1415-551577 1577Doge's Palace fireDoge's Palace
Pisanello Hunting scenes frescoes1424-401527War of the League of CognacVisconti Castle for Filippo Maria Visconti
Pisanello Saint George Sheathing his Sword fresco1433-381826Water damagePellegrini chapel, Sant'Anastasia, Verona[27]
Masaccio Sagra del Carmine fresco14221600RenovationCloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence
Uccello, Paolo Saint Peter Blessing mosaic1426 1425-301618 1618Renovation[o]Basilica of San Marco façade
Lippi, Filippo Bestowal of the Carmelite Rule fresco1426 1425-691771 1771Fire and FloodCloister of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence. Fragments survive in place[p][28]
da Fabriano, Gentile and Pisanello Frescoes1427/281647ReconstructionBasilica of Saint John Lateran
Donatello Abundance14281750WeatheringBaptistery of the Duomo, later Mercato Vecchio. Copied in terra cotta[q][29]
da Panicale, Masolino and Uccello Illustrious Men fresco cycle1432For the Palace of Cardinal Orsini in Rome. A watercolor copy by Leonardo da Besozzo survives
van der Weyden The Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald14391695Bombardment of BrusselsBrussels Town Hall.[r] Bern Historical Museum has tapestry copies.[s][30]
del Castagno, Andrea Flagellation fresco1440-571650Cloister of the Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence
Van Eyck Madonna of Nicolas van Maelbeke14411792–1815French occupation of The NetherlandsSt Martin's Cathedral. Copy in Germanisches Nationalmuseum.
Christus, Petrus (attributed) Crucifixion14441942World War IIDessau Palace/Palais Reina. Black and white photograph survives.
Veneziano, Domenico and del Castagno, Andrea Life of the Virgin frescoes1450-521594In the church of Sant' Egidio (Santa Maria Nuova), Florence
Mantegna Lives of Saint James and Saint Christopher frescoes1450-571944World War IIOvetari Chapel.[t] Photographs survive.
da Messina, Antonello Scenes from the life of Saint Nicholas altarpiece1450-761908Messina earthquakeFor the Confraternity of San Nicolò della Montagna in Messina, seen by Cavalcaselle in 1871[31]
Fra Angelico, school of Last Judgment14561945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
della Francesca, Piero Frescoes1456Destroyed?[u]
Foppa, Vincenzo Triumph of Trajan fresco1457 1456-15001863DemolitionDone for the Medici bank in the Via de' Bossi, Milan.[32] A fragment survives in the Wallace Collection, London
Mantegna Lamentation of the People over the Dead Gattamelata1457-601760Palazzo Gattamelata, Padua. A related drawing is in The Wallace Collection, London
Perugino Adoration of the Magi fresco1466-801529Siege of FlorenceFor the convent of S. Giusto alle Mura[33]
Botticelli Paintings on "pagan" subjects1470-921497Bonfire of the Vanities
Bellini, Giovanni Saint Catherine of Siena Altarpiece (Sacra Conversazione)1470-15001867Chapel of the Rosary of the Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
Signorelli, Luca The Court of Pan (The School of Pan)1472-741945Friedrichshain flak tower firePainted c. 1490 at the request of Lorenzo de' Medici.[34] Black and white photo and reconstruction drawing (2021) by Olivier Maceratesi
Signorelli, Luca Madonna and Saints fresco14741789In the Tower of Città di Castello
Great History of Troy tapestries14751820Sold for ten pounds sterling to a London merchantPainted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster. An 18th-century watercolor of one tapestry by John Carter is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum
Vivarini, Alvise Otho Promising to Mediate Between Venice and Barbarossa1476-15001577Doge's Palace fireDoge's Palace
Botticelli Piero di Cosimo de' Medici14781942World War IIFormerly Museo Civico Gaetano Filangieri, Naples. Photographs survive
Botticelli Frescoes depicting the criminal conspirators of the Pazzi Conspiracy against the Medici14781494RemovedPainted either in the Bargello or the Dogana in Florence. At the instigation of Pope Alexander VI after the fall of the Medicis
da Forlì, Melozzo Ascension with Christ in Glory fresco1478-801711RenovationFor the choir of the Church of the Santi Apostoli, Rome. Fragments survive in the Vatican and Quirinal
da Forlì, Melozzo Feo Chapel vault fresco1478-801945World War IIFor the San Biagio Church in Forlì. Graphical notes by Girolamo Reggiani (1831) Black and White photo (1944) and color reconstruction drawing (2020) by Olivier Maceratesi
da Vinci Leonardo's horse terracotta model14821499French invasion of Milan
Costa, Lorenzo Destruction of Troy fresco14831507Destroyed with the palace by a mob[35]For the loggia of the Bentivoglio Palace, Bologna. Fragment survives in the Pinacoteca Nazionale
Vivarini, Alvise Altarpiece for the church of Santa Maria dei Battuti in Belluno14851942-45World War II
Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Filippino Lippi and Perugino Frescoes on mythological themes, including the Forge of Vulcan1487-901825Water damage then fire[v]For Lorenzo de' Medici in the great hall and external loggia of his villa at Spedaletto, near Volterra
Mantegna Baptism of Christ fresco14881780RedevelopmentBelvedere Chapel of the Vatican. Destroyed at the construction of the Pio-Clementino Museum
Bellini, Giovanni The Supper at Emmaus14941750Fire in Vienna in the 18th centuryPainted for Giorgio Cornaro of Venice
Ghirlandaio, Domenico Virgin and Child in Glory with Saints John the Evangelist, Francis, Jerome and John the Baptist14961945Friedrichshain flak tower fireIn the Church of San Francesco in San Casciano, Val di Pesa until 1810.
Fra Bartolomeo Assumption of the Virgin1507-081945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Michelangelo Battle of Cascina cartoonPutatively destroyed by BandinelliPalazzo Vecchio
Michelangelo Cupid marble1698Palace of Whitehall fireOwned by Isabella d'Este and Charles I of England
Caravaggio Portrait of a Courtesan1945Friedrichshain flak tower fireFormerly in the Kaiser-Friedrich-Museum, Berlin
Michelangelo Pope Julius II in the act of blessing bronze1511Destroyed by the people of BolognaOn San Petronio basilica's facade in Bologna
Correggio The Coronation of the Virgin fresco1587Church of San Giovanni Evangelista, Parma. Fragments in National Gallery, London, other museums
Correggio Saint Mary Magdalen in the Desert fresco1555Destruction of Palazzo della DeliziePainted for Veronica Gambara's Palazzo della Delizie, in the town of Correggio. Described in a letter dated Sept. 3, 1528 from Veronica Gambara to Isabella d’Este[37]
Correggio Magdalen in the Desert1945-World War IIDresden
Raphael Crowning of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino1700–99EarthquakeRaphael's first recorded commission, it was made for Andrea Baronci's chapel in the church of Sant'Agostino in Citta di Castello, near Urbino At least four fragments survive (Louvre, Capodimonte)
Dürer Ascension of Mary altarpiece1729FireThe central panel added to the collection of Elector Maximilian of Bavaria. A 1615 copy of the entire altarpiece by Jobst Harrich of Nuremberg survives
Huber, Wolf Portrait of an Architect (Self-Portrait?)15291947Fire at the Musée de Beaux Arts, Strasbourg, August 13, 1947 (one of 30 paintings destroyed)
Cranach the Elder Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, Archbishop of Mainz1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Cranach the Elder Virgin and Child with Four Female Saints1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Cranach the Elder Madonna and Child with Infant Saint John1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Cranach the Elder Duke Henry of Saxony1945Bombing of Dresden
Brueghel the Elder The Farmers Brawl1945Bombing of DresdenEngraved by Lucas Vosterman, c. 1620
Holbein Henry VIII and family mural1698Palace of Whitehall fireIn Whitehall Palace, London
Holbein Sir Thomas More and Family1752Kroměříž Palace fire[38]
Titian Battle of Spoleto1577Doge's Palace fire
Titian Battle of Cadore1577Doge's Palace fire
Titian Doge Gritti Praying to the Virgin1577Doge's Palace fire
Tintoretto Coronation of Frederick Barbarossa1577Doge's Palace fire
Tintoretto Excommunication of Barbarossa1577Doge's Palace fire
Tintoretto Last Judgment1577Doge's Palace fire
Veronese Homage of Frederick Barbarossa1577Doge's Palace fire
da Fabriano, Gentile Works1577Doge's Palace fire
Pisanello Works1577Doge's Palace fire
Carpaccio Pope Alexander III in the Church of St. Marks1577Doge's Palace fire
Carpaccio Meeting of the Pope and the Doge at Ancona1577Doge's Palace fire
Vivarini, Alvise Otho Promising to Mediate Between Venice and Barbarossa1577Doge's Palace fire
Guariento Paradise1577Doge's Palace fire
Bellini Battle of Salvore1577Doge's Palace fire
Bellini Presentation of the White Candle to the Pope1577Doge's Palace fire
Bellini Presentation of the Eight Standards and Trumpets to the Doge1577Doge's Palace fire
del Vaga Christ at the Pool of Bethesda fresco1537–391850sRenovationMassimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti. [w]
del Vaga Christ and the Centurion fresco1537–391850sRenovationMassimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti.[w]
del Vaga The Transfiguration fresco1537–391850sRenovationMassimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti.[w]
del Vaga The Expulsion from the Temple fresco1537–391850sRenovationMassimi Chapel, Santa Trinità dei Monti. [w]
Titian Death of St Peter Martyr1867FireFor the Chapel of the Rosary, Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. Copies and engravings survive
Titian Double Portrait of Emperor Charles V and his wife Isabella of Portugal1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fireA copy by Rubens survives
Titian Penitent Magdalene15611873Fire at Bath House, London, January 21Painted for Philip II of Spain
Titian Ixion and Tantalus1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire
Titian Paintings of The Twelve Caesars1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire
Palladio or Giorgio Capobianco The Jewel of Vicenza15781797Destroyed by the Napoleonic army when they tried to melt it down for silverCreated as an ex-voto and financed by donations from the city of Vicenza. A silver reconstruction was made in 2012–2013
Veronese Apollo and Juno15801945Friedrichshain flak tower firePainted for the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice
Veronese Saturn Helps Religion to Overcome Heresy15801945Friedrichshain flak tower firePainted for the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, Venice
Pontormo God the Father and the Four Evangelists fresco1700–99RemodelingCapponi Chapel, Church of Santa Felicita, Florence
Pontormo Last Judgment1700–99RenovationsUnfinished fresco at the Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence
Caravaggio Portrait of a Courtesan, aka Fillide Melandroni1597-15991945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Vroom, Hendrick The Armada Tapestries16021834Burning of Parliament[39]For Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham; sold to James I, 1616 and placed in the House of Lords, London by Oliver Cromwell, 1650. Engraved by John Pine, 1739[40]
da Bologna, Giovanni Henry IV of France equestrian bronze16141789–99ScrappedPresented to Marie de Medicis by Cosimo II. Melted for cannon (French Revolution).
Poussin The Martyrdom of Erasmus16301945Bombing of Dresden
Poussin Penance, one of the seven Sacraments1637–16401816Belvoir Castle fire
Lorrain, Claude Queen Esther Approaching the Palace of Ahasuerus16581755Fonthill Abbey fire[41]A fragment in the collection of the Earl of Leicester, Holkham Hall
Lorrain, Claude Apollo Guarding the Herds of Admetus and Mercury Stealing Them1660–16731871Holker Hall fire[4]
Rubens The Crucifixion1601–021820-Lost at seaPainted for the Church of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, Rome.[42] Imported to England 1811; there auctioned 1812, 1820
Rubens Madonna of the Rosary1695Bombardment of BrusselsPainted for the Royal Chapel of the Dominican Church, Brussels
Rubens Virgin Adorned with Flowers by Saint Anne16101695Bombardment of BrusselsPainted for the Church of the Carmelite Friars, Brussels
Rubens Saint Job Triptych16131695Bombardment of BrusselsPainted for Saint Nicholas Church, Brussels
Rubens Cambyses Appointing Otanes Judge1695Bombardment of BrusselsDecoration for the Magistrates' Hall, Brussels
Rubens Judgment of Solomon1695Bombardment of BrusselsDecoration for the Magistrates' Hall, Brussels
Rubens Last Judgment1695Bombardment of BrusselsDecoration for the Magistrates' Hall, Brussels
Rubens Neptune and Amphitrite16151945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Rubens Nativity1731Coudenberg Palace fire
Rubens Adoration of the Magi1731Coudenberg Palace fire
Rubens Pentecost1731Coudenberg Palace fire
Rubens The Abduction of Proserpine1861Fire at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, February 5, 1861[43]Engraved before 1621 by Pieter Soutman
Rubens Crucifixion with Mary, St. John, Magdalen16221643English Civil WarIn the Queen's Chapel, Somerset House, London, 1643[44]
Rubens Portrait of Philip IV of Spain16281985Incendiary attack at the Kunsthaus, Zurich, in 1985[45]
Rubens Diana and Nymphs Surprised by Satyrs1635–16381945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Rubens Equestrian Portrait of Philip IV of Spain1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fireA copy is in the Uffizi Gallery
Rubens The Continence of Scipio1836Western Exchange FireIn the Western Exchange, Old Bond Street, London, March 1836[46]
Rubens The Lion Hunt1870Fire at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux[47]Removed by Napoleon's agents from Schloss Schleissheim, near Munich, 1800
Rubens Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Buckingham1949Fire[48]Owned by the Earl of Jersey at Osterley Park
Van Dyck and Rubens Series of 39 ceiling paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (nl:Carolus Borromeuskerk#Branden, Dutch wiki)1718FireEngravings by Jan Punt (Amsterdam 1751) of 31 of the paintings from drawings executed 1711-12 by Jacob de Wit exist[49]
Rubens and Brueghel the Elder Vision of Saint Hubert1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Brueghel the Elder and other artists Allegories of Sight and Smell1731Coudenberg Palace fireBought (with the following entry) by the City of Antwerp and hung in audience hall, Tervuren Castle 1619[50]
Brueghel the Elder and other artists Allegories of Hearing, Taste and Touch1731Coudenberg Palace fire
Van Dyck Group Portrait of the Town Council of Brussels1634-351695Bombardment of Brussels
Van Dyck Christ Crowned with Thorns1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Van Dyck Lamentation over Christ1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Van Dyck Nymphs Surprised by Satyrs1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Van Dyck Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist1945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
van Honthorst, Gerrit Adoration of the Shepherds (Birth of Christ)1993Uffizi car bombing
de Keyser, Thomas Six Gold and Silver Smiths (The "Bankers of Amsterdam")16271947Fire at the Musée de Beaux Arts, Strasbourg, August 13, 1947[51] (one of 30 paintings destroyed)
van Ruisdael, Jacob Bentheim Castle with Christ and Disciples on the Road to Emmaus1864Museum Boymans fire
van Ruisdael, Jacob The Windmill1871Holker Hall fire[52]
Fabritius, Carel Large family portrait1864Museum Boymans fire
Cuyp, Aelbert Sleeping Man1864Museum Boymans fire
Steen, Jan Tobias Healing His Father1864Museum Boymans fire[53]
Potter, Paulus White Ox in a Field1864Museum Boymans fire
Potter, Paulus Large Herd of Oxen1771Vrouw Maria sinking[54]Purchased for Fl. 9050, Braamcamp sale, Amsterdam, 1771 by agents of Catherine the Great.
Caravaggio The Inspiration of Matthew first version16011945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Caravaggio Christ on the Mount of Olives16051945Friedrichshain flak tower fireFrom the collection of Vincenzo Giustiniani
Caravaggio Saint John1798EarthquakeDone for the Fenaroli chapel, Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples
Caravaggio Saint Francis1798EarthquakeDone for the Fenaroli chapel, Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples
Caravaggio Resurrection1798EarthquakeDone for the Fenaroli chapel, Sant'Anna dei Lombardi, Naples. A 1763 description by Charles-Nicolas Cochin[55] survives.
Gentileschi, Orazio The Conversion of Saint Paul altarpiece1823FireDone for the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome
Fontana, Lavinia The Stoning of Saint Stephen altarpiece1823FireDone for the basilica of San Paolo fuori le Mura, Rome
Gentileschi, Artemisia Hercules and Omphale16281734Royal Alcázar of Madrid firePainted for Philip IV of Spain
Gentileschi, Artemisia Bathsheba1650–16521940Fire at Gosford House, Scotland[56]
Manfredi, Bartolomeo La Buonavventura1993Uffizi car bombing
Manfredi, Bartolomeo Ciclo Vito1993Uffizi car bombing
Carracci, Annibale Danae1941World War II, May 11, 1941Formerly Ellesmere collection, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London
Carracci, Annibale Saint Gregory Praying for Souls in Purgatory, altarpiece16001941World War II, May 11, 1941For the church of San Gregorio Magno, Rome; formerly Ellesmere collection, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London
Carracci, Ludovico Descent from the Cross1941World War II, May 11, 1941Formerly Ellesmere collection, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London
Reni, Guido Bacchus and Ariadne1700–99Destroyed in France in the 17th century by the widow of Michel Particelli d'Hemery, who was scandalized by the female nudes it contained[57]Commissioned for Queen Henrietta Maria's house at Greenwich, 1637. A fragment with the head of Ariadne survives
Reni, Guido Immaculate Conception1941World War IIFormerly Seville Cathedral, Spain, later in the Ellesmere collection, Bridgewater House, Westminster, London
Bernini Bust of King Charles I (Bernini)1698Palace of Whitehall fire
Bernini Crucified Christ in bronze1789–99French RevolutionFormerly in the French royal collection
Velasquez Expulsion of the Moors with Philip III16271734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire
Velasquez Venus and Adonis1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire
Velasquez Cupid and Psyche1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire
Velasquez Apollo and Marsyas1734Royal Alcázar of Madrid fire
Zurbarán Saint Bonaventure Reveals the Crucifix to Saint Thomas Aquinas1945Friedrichshain flak tower fireCommissioned by the Colegio de San Buenaventura, Seville. Taken from Spain by Marshal Soult
Murillo Caritas Romana (Roman Charity)1845FireTaken from Spain by Joseph Bonaparte and sold to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art
Giordano, Luca The Labors of Hercules sixteen frescoes1692–17021800–99Central hall of the Casón, Buen Retiro Palace
Giordano, Luca Life of Saint Benedict frescoes1944Battle of Monte CassinoPainted for the Abbey of Monte Cassino.
Giordano, Luca The Rape of the Sabine Women1945Bombing of DresdenGemäldegalerie Alte Meister
Kneller, Godfrey William III Leading Troops at the Battle of the Boyne1965Grocers' Hall fire
Coypel, Antoine Venus Imploring Jupiter on Behalf of Aeneas ceiling painting17021783-Grand Gallery of the Palais-Royal. A sketch for it survives
van Nost, John King George I of Great Britain equestrian statue17161872Vandalised, sold and removed[58]Formerly part of the Duke of Chandos' collection at Cannons; moved to Leicester Square in London in 1784
Chardin Still Life with Copper Kettle, Bowl with Eggs1724–251945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Watteau Idol of the Goddess Ki Mao Sao in the Kingdom of Mang in the country of Laos17191789–99French RevolutionChâteau de la Muette decorations
Watteau Spring1717-181966FirePierre Crozat collection. Rediscovered in 1964 then destroyed. Autumn and Winter still missing. Engravings survive.
Hogarth, William A Harlot's Progress17311755Fire at Fonthill Abbey1732 engravings survive
Hogarth, William Strolling Actresses Dressing in a Barn17381874Fire at Littleton House in December[59]An engraving by the artist survives
Hudson, Thomas William Bouverie1952Coleshill House fire[60]
Hudson, Thomas Anne Bouverie1952Coleshill House fire[60]
Hudson, Thomas Mary Bouverie1952Coleshill House fire[60]
Tiepolo, Gianbattista The Translation of the Holy House of Loreto fresco1915Austrian shelling in World War IIn the Church of the Scalzi, Venice. There is a copy of the entire ceiling from before 1914, painted in gouache after the original by Mariano Fortuny, a 1914 photograph by James Anderson and a reconstruction drawing (2019) by Olivier Maceratesi
Tiepolo, Gianbattista and Giandomenico Tiepolo Soderini family frescoes17541918Italo-Austrian engagement in World War I, June 15–19[61]Villa Soderini, Nervesa della Battaglia, in the Veneto. Photographs survive.
Tiepolo, Gianbattista The Triumph of the Arts and Sciences ceiling fresco17311943Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing[62]Photographs survive
Tiepolo, Gianbattista Apollo and Phaethon ceiling fresco17311943Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing
Tiepolo, Gianbattista Perseus and Andromeda ceiling fresco17311943Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing
Tiepolo, Gianbattista Juno with Fortuna and Venus ceiling fresco17311943Palazzo Archinto, Milan bombing
Tiepolo, Gianbattista Triumph of Hercules ceiling fresco17611945Reduced to fragments by bombing in WWIIPainted for the principal salon of the Palazzo Canossa, Verona
de Loutherbourg, Philip James The Eidophusikon1781
Reynolds, Sir Joshua Nativity1816Belvoir Castle fire[63]
Reynolds, Sir Joshua The Infant Jupiter1816Belvoir Castle fire
Reynolds, Sir Joshua General James Oglethorpe1816Belvoir Castle fire
Gainsborough David Garrick leaning on a bust of Shakespeare17661946Fire at Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall[64]Painted for the Stratford Shakespeare Jubilee. Known from engravings and various copies
Gainsborough Wooded landscape with gipsies round a camp fire also named The Gipsies1754<1831A 1764 engraving published by John Boydell exists
Gainsborough The Woodman and his Dog in a Storm17871810Fire at Exton Old Park[65]A 1791 mezzotint by Pierre Simon exists
Gainsborough Cottage Children with an Ass1810Fire at Exton Old ParkSurvives in mezzotint
Gainsborough Portrait of Sir Francis Sykes of Basildon with a groom, two horses, and a dog1874Fire at the Pantechnicon warehouse, London February 13–14[66]
Wilson, Richard The Destruction of Niobe's Children1944World War IINational Gallery, London
Copley, John Singleton Numerous colonial portraits1872Great Boston Fire of 1872[67]Formerly belonging to Peter Wainwright
Peale, Charles Willson Portrait of Thomas Paine17771893Fire at Joseph Jefferson's summer house in Buttermilk Bay, April 1[68]Exhibited in Peale's Museum to 1854, later owned by T.B. MacDonough and the actor Joseph Jefferson. An engraving survives.
Houdon, Jean-Antoine Bust of the composer Gluck in marble1873Fire at the Paris OperaTerra cotta versions exist
Tiepolo, Giandomenico Glorification of the Giustiniani Family (fresco)17841866Allowed to decay and replacedExecuted for the Doge's Palace, Genoa. A preliminary sketch is in the Metropolitan Museum.
Beechey, William George III and the Prince of Wales Reviewing Troops1797–981992Windsor Castle fire
Goya Don Antonio de Porcel18061956Fire in the Jockey Club, Buenos Aires
Stuart, Gilbert Seated portrait of President Washington1851Library of Congress fire
Stuart, Gilbert Seated portrait of President Adams1851Library of Congress fire
Stuart, Gilbert Seated portrait of President Jefferson1851Library of Congress fire
Peale, Charles Willson Portrait of Peyton Randolph, Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses1851Library of Congress fire
Canova George Washington, marble sculpture1831Fire in the North Carolina State House, RaleighThe artist's plaster model survives
Peale, Rembrandt The Dream of Love (Jupiter and Io)<1855Fire while on exhibition in New York prior to 1855, according to the artist
Peale, Rembrandt Musidora1850–51Fire at a Philadelphia art gallery in 1850 or 1851
Friedrich, Caspar David Winter1807–081931Glaspalast (Munich) fire
Friedrich, Caspar David The Farewell18181931Glaspalast (Munich) fire
Friedrich, Caspar David The Harbor at Grifswald18201931Glaspalast (Munich) fire
Friedrich, Caspar David Autumn Landscape with Brush Collector18241931Glaspalast (Munich) fire
Friedrich, Caspar David Evening18251931Glaspalast (Munich) fire
Friedrich, Caspar David Mountain Chapel in the Mist18111945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Friedrich, Caspar David Monastery Graveyard in the Snow1817–181945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Friedrich, Caspar David High Mountain Region18241945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Friedrich, Caspar David Northern Lights1830–18351945Friedrichshain flak tower fire
Turner The Mouth of the Thames18071939–1945World War II
Turner Fish Market on the Sands18301956Fireformerly owned by Billy Rose
Landseer, Sir Edwin War and Peace18461928Thames floodingWas in the basement of the Tate Gallery. Engravings of both survive. A copy of War appeared on the television program Fake or Fortune, where it was thought to possibly be the original.[69]
Bragaldi, Mario Jupiter on Mount Olympus ceiling fresco1850s2018National Museum of Brazil fireDone for Emperor Pedro II of Brazil
Bragaldi, Mario Justice ceiling fresco1850s2018National Museum of Brazil fire
Bragaldi, Mario Fortitude ceiling fresco1850s2018National Museum of Brazil fire
Bragaldi, Mario Temperance ceiling fresco1850s2018National Museum of Brazil fire
Bragaldi, Mario Prudence ceiling fresco1850s2018National Museum of Brazil fire
Leutze, Emanuel Washington Crossing the Delaware (first version)1849–501942Air raid on Bremen
Ingres Apotheosis of Napoleon I ceiling painting1871Hôtel de Ville fire[70]
Delaroche, Paul The Storming of the Bastille18301871Hôtel de Ville fire
Delacroix, Eugène Justinian Drafting his Laws18261871Fire in the Paris CommunePainted for the Council of State, Paris. An 1855 photograph survives[71]
Delacroix, Eugène Peace Consoles Mankind and Brings Abundance1852–18541871Hôtel de Ville fire
Chassériau, Théodore War and Peace murals18481871Fire in the Paris CommunePainted for the Cour des Comptes, Palais of the Quai d'Orsay, Paris. A fragment of Peace is preserved in the Louvre
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver Napoleon III18561871Tuileries Palace fireModels by the artist and copies exist
Winterhalter, Franz Xaver Empress Eugénie18561871Tuileries Palace fireModels by the artist and copies exist
Millet, Jean-François The Jewish Captivity in Babylon18481870–71Painted over by the artist with a scene executed in Normandy
Courbet The Stone Breakers1939–1945World War II, while in transit from the Dresden Gallery
Courbet The Return from the Conference18631909Destroyed by its owner due to its anticlerical content
Courbet Venus and Psyche18641945Enemy air action, Berlin, World War II
Van Gogh Donkey Cart with Boy and Scheveningen Woman18821940FireFormerly in Rotterdam
Carpaccio, Vittore Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints Faustinus and Jovita, patron saints of Brescia (the Averoldi Altarpiece)Sacristy of S. Giovanni Evangelista, Brescia. Sold to the National Gallery London, lost in a shipwreck crossing the English Channel
Van Gogh The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen with Pond and Figures18851940In the German bombing of Rotterdam during World War II
Van Gogh Windmill on Montmartre18861967Fire
Van Gogh Still Life: Vase with Five Sunflowers18881945American air raids on Ashiya District, August 5–6[72]Formerly in the collection of Koyata Yamamoto, Japan
Van Gogh The Painter on his Way to Work18881939–1945Fire in World War IIIn the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum, Berlin
Van Gogh The Park at Arles with the Entrance Seen Through the Trees18881939–1945Fire in World War II
Inness, George The New Jerusalem1880Partial collapse of Madison Square Garden[73]Salvaged fragments survive, including Valley of the Olive Trees in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore
Rousseau, Henri Portrait of Alfred Jarry1895Destroyed by the sitter, who disliked it
Sargent Head of Sir Henry IrvingDestroyed by the sitter, who disliked it
Chase, William Merritt Portrait of Thomas Eakins1899Presumed destroyed by the sitter
Klimt Musik II18981945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Klimt Schubert at the Piano18991945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Klimt Portrait of Serena Lederer18991945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Klimt Medicine1899–19071945Schloss Immendorf fire
Klimt Philosophy1899–19071945Schloss Immendorf fire
Klimt Jurisprudence1899–19071945Schloss Immendorf fire
Klimt Golden Apple Tree19031945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Klimt Procession of the Dead19031945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Kandinsky Composition I19101944British air raid on Braunschweig, GermanyKnown from photographs
Sloan, John Tammany Hall at Night1910Fire, during transitThe artist later created a replica from photographs
Klimt Farm Garden with Crucifix1911–121945Schloss Immendorf fireColor images survive
Csaky, Joseph Groupe de femmes1911–121912First World WarSalon d'Automne, 1913 Salon des Indépendants, Paris. Black & white images survive
Csaky, Joseph Danseuse, (Femme à l'éventail)19121912Salon d'Automne, Paris, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 1920. Black & white images survive
Archipenko, Alexander La Vie Familiale (Family Life)1912First World War bombardment1912 Salon d'Automne, 1913 Armory Show. Was in Paris during WWI. New York Black & white images survive
Comper, Ninian Rood screen, with sixteen paintings1912[74]1993Bishopsgate bombingPart of St Ethelburga's Bishopsgate, City of London.[75] Black & white images survive
Csaky, Joseph Head (Tête d'homme)19131913 Salon des Indépendants, Paris, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 1920. Black & white images survive
Klimt Malcesine on Lake Garda19131945Schloss Immendorf fireColor images survive
Klimt Garden Path with Chickens19161945Schloss Immendorf fireColor images survive
Klimt Portrait of Wally19161945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Klimt The Girlfriends1916–171945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna. Color images survive
Klimt Leda19171945Schloss Immendorf fireFormerly Lederer family collection, Vienna
Klimt Gastein19171945Schloss Immendorf fire
Monet Water Lilies (major study)19251958[76]Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) fire
Monet Water Lilies (small study)19251961Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) fire
Rivera, Diego Man at the Crossroads mural19331934Rockefeller was offended (it included a portrait of Lenin) and had it removedNelson Rockefeller commissioned the work. Rivera later recreated the work as Man, Controller of the Universe in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
Seligman, Hilda Bust of Haile Selassie19362020[77]Vandalism linked to unrest in Ethiopia and persecution of the Oromo peopleOriginally located in the house in Wimbledon, London where Selassie lived in exile; moved to nearby Cannizaro Park in 1957
Miró The Reaper19371937Sent to Valencia and presumably destroyedCreated for the Spanish Republican pavilion of the 1937 Paris Exposition. Photographs of the installed mural exist
Dalí The Seven Lively Arts19441956FireA series of seven paintings for Billy Rose. Known only from photographs
Gorky, Arshile Works housed in his studio1940–19461946Arshile Gorky Studio Fire
Gorky, Arshile 15 Works1940–19461962American Airlines Flight 1 plane crash
Hopper, Edward Corn Belt City19471975Park Avenue apartment fire
Sutherland, Graham Portrait of Winston Churchill19541954Destroyed by the Churchills' private secretaryColor photographs survive
Picasso Works for the documentary The Mystery of Picasso19561956Created on camera and then destroyed
Picasso Cubist Head1909-19121978Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire[8]
Picasso Portrait of Dora Maar19371978Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro fire[8]
Kauffman, Craig Untitled Wall Relief, an acrylic lacquer on Plexiglas piece19672006Fell and shattered at the Pompidou Center of Paris[78]
Alexander, Peter Untitled piece, molded polyester resin work19712006Fell and shattered at the Pompidou Center of Paris[78]
Calder, Alexander World Trade Center Stabile19712001World Trade Center Collapse[broken anchor][79]
Nagare, Masayuki World Trade Center Plaza Sculpture19722001World Trade Center Collapse[broken anchor][79]Survived the initial collapse of the buildings, and was destroyed during cleanup.
Miró, Joan, Josep Royo World Trade Center Tapestry19732001World Trade Center Collapse[broken anchor][79]Hung in the South Tower Lobby
Lichtenstein, Roy One painting from The Entablature Series1971–72 or 1974–19762001World Trade Center Collapse[broken anchor]
Rosati, James Ideogram19742001World Trade Center Collapse[broken anchor][79]
Nevelson, Louise Sky Gate, New York19782001World Trade Center Collapse[broken anchor][79]
Budd, Kenneth Chartist Mural19782013Redevelopment[80]A 115 by 12 feet mosaic mural in Newport, Wales
Pearl Monument19822011Torn down by the government after becoming a focal point for protestersStood in the center of the Pearl Roundabout, Bahrain
Central Academy of Fine Arts students Goddess of Democracy19891989Destroyed by People's Liberation Army during Tiananmen Square protests
Whiteread, Rachel "House" temporary sculpture19931994Removed by London Borough of Tower Hamlets council on 11 January
Picasso The Painter1901–19731998Swissair Flight 111 Plane Crash
Emin, Tracey Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 ("The Tent")19952004Momart fire
Serra, Richard Tilted Arc19811989Dismantled and removed
Heatherwick, Thomas B of the Bang20052009DismantledParts remain in storage
Prymachenko, Maria Works of folk art20222022 Russian Invasion of UkraineIn the Ivankiv Historical and Local History Museum

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  1. ^ a b c Possibly
  2. ^ Companion statue Adam survives.
  3. ^ One of a series of five canvases
  4. ^ One of four works commissioned
  5. ^ One of two, the other was The Rape of the Sabine Women
  6. ^ Summer survives, Spring was destroyed, and Winter is also missing.
  7. ^ Summer survives, Spring was destroyed, and Autumn is also missing.
  8. ^ Thought destroyed by the artist until 1999, when studies I and II resurfaced.
  9. ^ Except for the arm found in 1906
  10. ^ Taken to Rome by Fabius Maximus in 209 BCE
  11. ^ May have been removed to the Palace of Lausus, which then burned in 475.
  12. ^ Destroyed as a symbol of monarchy
  13. ^ A replica stands where original once stood
  14. ^ a b Commissioned by Galla Placidia
  15. ^ Replaced with mosaics by Gaetano
  16. ^ Uncovered in 1860
  17. ^ By the workshop of Giovanni della Robbia
  18. ^ In the Golden Chamber
  19. ^ Executed about 1450 copying the artist's original designs
  20. ^ Frescoes of the Assumption and Body of Saint Christopher detached in 1880 survive
  21. ^ Possibly covered up by Raphael before painting the Stanze
  22. ^ Damaged by damp and finally destroyed by fire in the early 19th century[36]
  23. ^ a b c d Companion piece, The Raising of Lazarus (transferred to canvas) is in the V&A

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  • Norris, Christopher (December 1952). "The Disaster at Flakturm Friedrichshain: a Chronicle and List of Paintings". The Burlington Magazine. XCIV (597).

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