The collection of European Fine Art is the oldest and largest in the museum. It includes over 7000 paintings, 2000 sculptures, 40000 drawings, 500000 engravings by European masters from the Middle Ages to the present day.
- Spanish Painting of the 15th - 19th Centuries
- Italian Painting of the 13th-18th Centuries
- Netherlandish Painting of the 15th-16th Centuries
- Flemish Painting of the 17th-18th Centuries
- Dutch Painting of the 17th-18th Centuries
- English Painting of the 16th-18th Centuries
- English Painting of the 19th-20th Centuries
- German Painting of the 16th-18th Centuries
- German Painting of the 19th-20th Centuries
- French Painting of the 15th-18th Centuries
- French Painting of the 19th-20th centuries
- Western European Drawing
- Western European Prints
- Western European Book Miniatures
- Italian Sculpture of the 15th-20th Centuries
- French Sculpture of the 15th-20th Centuries
- German Sculpture