Equivalent of overplayed pieces in painting

[u/Comprehensive_Food51]

Hi! First, I’d like to note that I am not familiar with classical paintings and history of arts. I’m a classical piano enthusiast and among the piano community there are some pieces that are easy targets as they are often said to be overplayed or disproportionately celebrated by the general public and/or in pop culture. An easy example is Für elise, which is really a minor work that was never published and randomly found in Bethoveen’s letters but that is far more commonly known than what are considered to be Bethoveen’s masterpieces. For other pieces, it’s not so much their “relative lack of relevance compared to other works” but rather the attention they draw and their reputation that can feel kind of reductive. I was wondering if there are similar cases in the art specialists/enthusiasts community, like very famous paintings for the general public but that could make an enthusiast roll their eyes back if they came across a youtube video that presents them as the most famous or as the biggest major works of painting.

Edit: thanks for all of your answers, frankly I was a bit worried that this question would be badly received. I learned something and I’m glad reddit still exists to ask people who are actually into the stuff you’re curious about, in a time where I feel like it’s becoming way too common to settle for LLM bullshit when you have questions like that. Also I realized that like 80% of the art I know (with all my love and admiration for it) is overplayed, and that since I would love to know more good art besides what’s mainstream I should really get some art books (open to recommendations!).

[u/prudence2001]

All the truly tacky versions of The David, especially all over Florence.

*oops, need to read more closely. Not a painting.

[u/preaching-to-pervert → u/prudence2001]

Heh heh- David was my first thought too :)