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 Holy FamilyGiulio Cesare Procaccini, 1613/15Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli GardensStefano della Bella, 1661Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
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 
Holy Family with St. John and Two AngelsGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
First room, south wall

The DancePietro Longhi, c. 1750Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
One of a set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration of a horizontal panelFrancesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
The ResurrectionCecco del Caravaggio, c. 1619-20Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Second room, south wall

Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l’anno MDCCXLVII, known as La Pianta Grande di RomaGiovanni Battista Nolli, 1748Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Ecstasy of Saint FrancisGiovanni Baglione, 1601Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Sacrifice of IsaacFrancesco Guardi, 1750sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

One set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration for horizontal panels. Intended to be engravedFrancesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 
Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the BaptistElisabetta Sirani, 1650/60Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655Courtesy 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
Third room, north wall

A Young Woman Holding a CushionMonogrammist VCP, 1643Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l’anno MDCCXLVII, known as La Pianta Grande di RomaGiovanni Battista Nolli, 1748Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art