Instant Cities

Home › Art

Famous art

32 paintings, statues and treasures in the museums and churches you can walk into, and out on the squares, from the Mona Lisa to the Ghent Altarpiece.

Each hangs in the game where it hangs in real life. Read its story, then step right in front of it in 3D.

The Night Watch, Rembrandt, 1642, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The Louvre Paris

Five of its key rooms, from the glass pyramid to the Mona Lisa’s. More about the Louvre ›

Walk in
Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–1519 The Wedding at CanaPaolo Veronese, 1563 The Raft of the MedusaThéodore Géricault, 1818–1819 Liberty Leading the PeopleEugène Delacroix, 1830 Venus de MiloProbably Alexandros of Antioch, c. 150–125 BC Winged Victory of SamothraceUnknown Greek sculptor, c. 190 BC

The British Museum London

The Great Court, the Egyptian sculpture gallery and the Parthenon’s marbles. More about the British Museum ›

Walk in
The Rosetta StoneScribes of Ptolemy V, 196 BC Ramesses II, the Younger MemnonEgyptian sculptors, c. 1250 BC The Parthenon SculpturesWorkshop of Pheidias, c. 447–432 BC

The Uffizi Florence

The Medici’s gallery, with Botticelli’s room and the Tribuna. More about the Uffizi ›

Walk in
The Birth of VenusSandro Botticelli, c. 1484–1486 PrimaveraSandro Botticelli, c. 1480 Venus de’ MediciSigned by Kleomenes, 1st century BC

Florence Cathedral Florence

The Duomo under Brunelleschi’s dome. More about Florence Cathedral ›

Walk in
Sir John HawkwoodPaolo Uccello, 1436

Piazza della Signoria Florence

Out in the open, before the Palazzo Vecchio: the copy of Michelangelo’s David at its door. More about Piazza della Signoria ›

Go there
DavidMichelangelo, 1501–1504

The Sistine Chapel Rome

Michelangelo’s ceiling and his Last Judgment, in the Vatican. More about the Sistine Chapel ›

Walk in
The Creation of AdamMichelangelo, c. 1508–1512 The Last JudgmentMichelangelo, 1536–1541

The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

The Gallery of Honour and the Night Watch at its end. More about the Rijksmuseum ›

Walk in
The Night WatchRembrandt van Rijn, 1642

The Prado Madrid

The Spanish kings’ collection: Velázquez, Goya and Bosch. More about the Prado ›

Walk in
Las MeninasDiego Velázquez, 1656 Saturn Devouring His SonFrancisco de Goya, c. 1819–1823 The Garden of Earthly DelightsHieronymus Bosch, c. 1490–1510

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

The Habsburgs’ collection, with the most Bruegels anywhere. More about the Kunsthistorisches Museum ›

Walk in
The Tower of BabelPieter Bruegel the Elder, 1563 The Hunters in the SnowPieter Bruegel the Elder, 1565 The Peasant WeddingPieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1567

The Neues Museum Berlin

Egypt on the Museum Island, Nefertiti in her own domed room. More about the Neues Museum ›

Walk in
Bust of NefertitiWorkshop of Thutmose, c. 1345 BC

The Pergamon Museum Berlin

A Greek altar and the gate of Babylon, rebuilt indoors. More about the Pergamon Museum ›

Walk in
The Pergamon AltarGreek sculptors of Pergamon, c. 170 BC The Ishtar GateBuilders of Nebuchadnezzar II, c. 575 BC

St Mark’s Basilica Venice

Five domes of gold mosaic and the golden altarpiece. More about St Mark’s Basilica ›

Walk in
The Pala d’OroGoldsmiths of Constantinople and Venice, 976–1345

St Bavo’s Cathedral Ghent

Ghent’s cathedral, home of the Van Eyck brothers’ altarpiece. More about St Bavo’s Cathedral ›

Walk in
The Ghent AltarpieceHubert and Jan van Eyck, 1432