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

Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"Unrecorded French maker, ca. 1560–80Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Virgin and Child with AngelsMaster of the Holden Tondo, early 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Farnese HerculesGiorgio Ghisi, c. 1577Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Christ Carrying the CrossSebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515–17Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 1, south wall

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 
Holy Family with a ShepherdBattista Dossi, early 1520sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Scenes from the Life of Saint John the BaptistBartolomeo di Giovanni, 1490/95Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of a Woman as Saint CatherinePier Francesco Foschi, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

Martyrdom of Saint AndrewGuido Reni, 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Saint Anthony AbbotFra Angelico, 1440–41Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and AngelsPietro del Donzello, c. 1500Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistBernardino Luini, 1500s or laterCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Domenico da GambassiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Group of Nine Standing FiguresParmigianino, 1524/27Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
St. Catherine of Siena and the BeggarGiovanni di Paolo, 1460sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The NativityPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago