In 1985, a panel of art experts for the Illustrated London News judged "Las Meninas," painted by Velazquez, as "by far the greatest work of art by a human being." The following is a list of the winners and how they were placed:

1. Velazquez "Las Meninas"

2. Vermeer "View of Delft"

3. Giorgione "The Tempest"

4. Botticelli "La Primavera"

5. Francesca "The Resurrection"

6. El Greco "The Burial of the Count Orgaz"

7. Giotto "The Lamentation"

8. Grunewald "The Isenheim Altarpiece"

9. Picasso "Guernica"

10. Rembrandt "The Return of the Prodigal Son"

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