Baroque and Rococo




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

The Supper at EmmausGiovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1720Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
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
First room, south wall

Armida Encounters the Sleeping RinaldoGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli GardensStefano della Bella, 1661Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Second room, south wall

Jacopo ButeraFrancesco Solimena, c. 1695Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Cupid ChastisedBartolomeo Manfredi, 1613Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the BaptistElisabetta Sirani, 1650/60Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Second room, north wall

Rinaldo and Armida in Her GardenGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Colossal Statue of the Apennines, from Views of Villa di PratolinoStefano della Bella, c. 1653Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Sketch for a CeilingGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Third room, north wall

Antiochus Yearning for StratoniceStefano Pozzi, c. 1740Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
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 
Putto Holding StaffGuido Reni, n.d.Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Third room, south wall

The Triumph of Truth over EnvyMaria Katharina Prestel, 1781Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
A Young Woman Holding a CushionMonogrammist VCP, 1643Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Soldier in Profile Holding a Pike, from Capricci e habiti militariFilippo Napoletano, 1610/29Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago