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 Young Man with a Chain, by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632
Samson and Delilah, by Gerrit van Honthorst, c. 1616
Interior of a Church, by Emanuel de Witte, c. 1680
Landscape with a Windmill, by Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646
A work made of engraving on two joined sheets of ivory laid paper.
A work made of oil on panel.
A work made of oil on canvas.

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 Young Man with a Chain, by Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632
    A Young Man with a ChainRembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Samson and Delilah, by Gerrit van Honthorst, c. 1616
    Samson and DelilahGerrit van Honthorst, c. 1616Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Interior of a Church, by Emanuel de Witte, c. 1680
    Interior of a ChurchEmanuel de Witte, c. 1680Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

East wall

  1. Landscape with a Windmill, by Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646
    Landscape with a WindmillJacob van Ruisdael, 1646Courtesy 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 oil on panel.
    The Judgement of ZaleucusOtto van Veen, c. 1605Courtesy 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

West wall

  1. Sleeping Peasants near Fields (Parable of the Weeds), by Simon de Vlieger, 1650–53
    Sleeping Peasants near Fields (Parable of the Weeds)Simon de Vlieger, 1650–53Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Standing Officer Holding a Boar's Spear, by Hendrick Goltzius, 1586
    Standing Officer Holding a Boar's SpearHendrick Goltzius, 1586Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel, by Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort, 1639
    Portrait of Elizabeth SpiegelDirck Dircksz. Santvoort, 1639Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. 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

South wall

  1. A work made of engraving on three joined sheets of laid paper.
    The Last SupperJan Harmensz. Muller, 1594Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream laid paper.
    A Horseshoe CrabPieter Holsteyn, the younger, 1640/80Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Landscape with Travelers, by Herman van Swanevelt, 1630s
    Landscape with TravelersHerman van Swanevelt, 1630sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. A View of Bracciano with the Church of S. Maria Assunta, by Bartholomeus Breenberg, c. 1619–33
    A View of Bracciano with the Church of S. Maria AssuntaBartholomeus Breenberg, c. 1619–33Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art