Baroque and Rococo
Drama, movement and deep shadow in the 1600s, then the light, playful decoration of eighteenth-century Europe.
First room, north wall

A Young Woman Holding a CushionMonogrammist VCP, 1643Courtesy 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 Crucifixion of Saint AndrewCaravaggio, 1606–7Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
First room, south wall

Sketch for a CeilingGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Adoration of the MagiGuido Reni, 1642Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Old ShepherdConte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder, 1722Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Second room, south wall

A Young Woman Buying a Pink from a Young ManGiovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1740Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
DanaëOrazio Gentileschi, c. 1623Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Second room, north wall

Christ and the Woman Taken in AdulterySebastiano Ricci, mid-1700sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
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 
Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli GardensStefano della Bella, 1661Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Third room, north wall

The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary PrisonsGiovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistGuido Reni, c. 1639–42Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Third room, south wall

The ResurrectionCecco del Caravaggio, c. 1619-20Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Creation of AdamGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/50Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago