Floor plan

West wing: Old MastersThe Dutch Golden Age

The Dutch Golden Age

A work made of pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over black chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.
A work made of pen and brown ink, with touches of brush and brown ink wash, on cream laid paper.
A work made of oil on panel.
A work made of oil on canvas.
A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
English Warship Firing a Salute, 1690
Enclosed Valley, by Hercules Seghers, c. 1623–30
A work made of woodcut on three joined sheets of ivory laid paper.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Seventeenth-century painting from the Dutch Republic: still lifes, interiors, portraits and flat, wide skies.

North wall

  1. A work made of pen and brown ink, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), over black chalk, on blue laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper.
    ApolloJan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1600-1620Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of pen and brown ink, with touches of brush and brown ink wash, on cream laid paper.
    Woman Seated on Bench and Three Sketches of HeadsSchool of Rembrandt van Rijn, n.d.Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on panel.
    Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a CurtainAdriaen van der Spelt, 1658Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Music LessonGerard ter Borch the Younger, c. 1670Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

East wall

  1. A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
    Drunken SilenusJonas Suyderhoef, 1642Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. English Warship Firing a Salute, 1690
    English Warship Firing a SaluteUnrecorded Dutch maker, 1690Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Enclosed Valley, by Hercules Seghers, c. 1623–30
    Enclosed ValleyHercules Seghers, c. 1623–30Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. A work made of woodcut on three joined sheets of ivory laid paper.
    The Mocking of ChristWerner van den Valckert, c. 1620Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

West wall

  1. Interior of a Church, by Emanuel de Witte, c. 1680
    Interior of a ChurchEmanuel de Witte, c. 1680Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of engraving on two joined sheets of ivory laid paper.
    The Wedding at CanaHendrick Goltzius, c. 1590-1610Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
    Christ Raises the Dead Son of the Widow of NainJacob Matham, 1593/94Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. A work made of engraving on three joined sheets of ivory laid paper.
    Christ at the Feast of SimonJan Saenredam, c. 1590-1600Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

South wall

  1. A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
    The Apollo Belvedere, plate 3 from Three Famous Antique SculpturesHendrick Goltzius, c. 1592, printed c. 1617Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream laid paper.
    Megasoma Elephas or Megaceras Jason and Six Other InsectsPieter Holsteyn, the younger, 1640/80Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on copper.
    David Slaying GoliathDutch, 1600–50Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Study of a Tulip (Wit en root boode), by Pieter Holsteyn II, c. 1645
    Study of a Tulip (Wit en root boode)Pieter Holsteyn II, c. 1645Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art