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

The NativityPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy 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 
Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the StigmataFrancesco Vanni, c. 1595Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Power of Women: The Poet Virgil Suspended in a BasketLucas van Leyden, c. 1512Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

The Fall of Man with Scenes of the CreationAugustus Cordus, 1544Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The NativityGiorgio Ghisi, 1553Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Saint John the Baptist Entering the WildernessGiovanni di Paolo, 1455–60Courtesy 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 2, south wall

Alessandro de' MediciPontormo, (Jacopo Carrucci), 1534–35Courtesy 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 
Portrait of Roberto CastiglioneUnrecorded Italian maker, early 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Virgin and ChildHans Memling, c. 1485Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 2, north wall

A Naval BattleMichele Lucchese, c. 1550Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of Vincenzo GuarignoniGiovanni Battista Moroni, c. 1572Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Passion: The Agony in the GardenMartin Schongauer, c. 1480Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Dead Christ Held by AngelsOrazio Samacchini, 1580/1620Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago