Renaissance








Works in this room
European art from about 1400 to 1600, when painters rediscovered perspective and the classical past.
Section 1, north wall

Christ Crowned with ThornsMartin Schongauer, 1470–82Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure of Charity with Two Putti (verso)Giovanni Antonio di Francesco Sogliani, 1520/30Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Group of Nine Standing FiguresParmigianino, 1524/27Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the BaptistJacopo Bassano, 1560–65Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 1, south wall

Saint SebastianPerugino, c. 1493Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red SeaTitian, 1514–15, printed 1549Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Alessandro de' MediciPontormo, (Jacopo Carrucci), 1534–35Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Domenico da GambassiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 2, south wall

Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"Unrecorded French maker, ca. 1560–80Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
The Fall of Man with Scenes of the CreationAugustus Cordus, 1544Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Sacrifice of IsaacAndrea del Sarto, c. 1527Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Martyrdom of Saint AndrewGuido Reni, 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

The Academy of Baccio BandinelliEnea Vico, 1544/50, printed c. 1560sCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1510–11Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

Portrait of a CoupleUnrecorded Italian maker, c. 1580–88Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Portrait of a Young ManDosso Dossi, c. 1530Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art