Renaissance








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

The Baptism of ChristPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The AnnunciationJean Hey (called Master of Moulins), 1490–95Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Battle of the NudesAntonio Pollaiuolo, 1470s–80sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Saint SebastianPerugino, c. 1493Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

Holy Family with a ShepherdBattista Dossi, early 1520sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo GuidiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Farnese HerculesGiorgio Ghisi, c. 1577Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Sinan Reis and Hayreddin BarbarossaItalian, c. 1535Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 2, south wall

Group of Nine Standing FiguresParmigianino, 1524/27Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Christ Carrying the CrossSebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515–17Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
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 
Madonna and Child in a NicheAntonio del Ceraiolo, c. 1520sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor MaximilianHans Burgkmair, 1508Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The NativityPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of a Woman as Saint CatherinePier Francesco Foschi, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Virgin and Child with SaintsUnrecorded Italian maker, c. 1510Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art