Floor plan

West wing: Old MastersThe Dutch Golden Age

The Dutch Golden Age

Landscape with a Windmill, by Jacob van Ruisdael, 1646
A work made of woodcut on three joined sheets of ivory laid paper.
A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
A work made of oil on panel.
Landscape with Travelers, by Herman van Swanevelt, 1630s
Rush Gatherers, by Nicolaes Berchem, 1657
A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream laid paper.
A work made of oil on copper.

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. 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 woodcut on three joined sheets of ivory laid paper.
    The Mocking of ChristWerner van den Valckert, c. 1620Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
    The Coronation of the Virgin and The Flight into EgyptJan de Bisschop, 1648/71Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. A work made of oil on panel.
    Still LifePieter Claesz, c. 1625Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

East wall

  1. Landscape with Travelers, by Herman van Swanevelt, 1630s
    Landscape with TravelersHerman van Swanevelt, 1630sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. Rush Gatherers, by Nicolaes Berchem, 1657
    Rush GatherersNicolaes Berchem, 1657Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. 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
  4. A work made of oil on copper.
    David Slaying GoliathDutch, 1600–50Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

West wall

  1. A work made of engraving on ivory laid paper.
    Hercules Slaying the HydraJan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1602Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  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. Portrait of Elizabeth Spiegel, by Dirck Dircksz. Santvoort, 1639
    Portrait of Elizabeth SpiegelDirck Dircksz. Santvoort, 1639Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Portrait of Tieleman Roosterman, by Frans Hals, 1634
    Portrait of Tieleman RoostermanFrans Hals, 1634Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

South wall

  1. A work made of oil on panel.
    Alpheus and ArethusaMoses van Uyttenbroeck, 1626Courtesy 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. The Witch (Night Piece), by Jan van de Velde II, 1626
    The Witch (Night Piece)Jan van de Velde II, 1626Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, by Jacob Duck, mid-1600s
    Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistJacob Duck, mid-1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art