Floor plan

West wing: Old MastersBaroque and Rococo

Baroque and Rococo

A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
A work made of oil on canvas.
Large painting of soldier asleep outdoors surrounded by two women and a cupid.
A work made of etching in black on tan laid paper.
A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper.
A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Drama, movement and deep shadow in the 1600s, then the light, playful decoration of eighteenth-century Europe.

First room, north wall

  1. A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
    Soldier in Profile Holding a Pike, from Capricci e habiti militariFilippo Napoletano, 1610/29Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The DancePietro Longhi, c. 1750Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Large painting of soldier asleep outdoors surrounded by two women and a cupid.
    Armida Encounters the Sleeping RinaldoGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

First room, south wall

  1. A work made of etching in black on tan laid paper.
    The Holy FamilyGiulio Cesare Procaccini, 1613/15Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper.
    Three Angels Appearing to AbrahamGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of etching on heavy ivory laid paper.
    View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of RomeGiovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second room, south wall

  1. The Supper at Emmaus, by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1720
    The Supper at EmmausGiovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1720Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
    Saint Jerome and a Pope with Two Putti (Saint Jerome and Pope Damasus)Jacopo Palma il Giovane, c. 1611Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series), by Francesco Guardi, 1750s
    The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series)Francesco Guardi, 1750sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Second room, north wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The ResurrectionCecco del Caravaggio, c. 1619-20Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. ONE OF A SET OF PROJECTS FOR A TITLE PAGE AND THE DECORATION OF A HORIZONTAL PANEL
    One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panelFrancesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Third room, north wall

  1. Adoration of the Magi, by Guido Reni, 1642
    Adoration of the MagiGuido Reni, 1642Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash, over black and red chalk, heightened with white opaque watercolor, on joined sheets of laid paper, mounted to paperboard.
    Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin VBenedetto Luti, 1700Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Third room, south wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Antiochus Yearning for StratoniceStefano Pozzi, c. 1740Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, and white opaque watercolor (recto) and pen and brown-black ink (verso) on laid paper.
    The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory, While an Angel Pours Fluid from a Vase onto the Crowd Below (recto and verso)Pietro Antonio di Pietri, 1690/1710Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Rinaldo and Armida in Her GardenGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago