Renaissance







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

Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistBernardino Luini, 1500s or laterCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"Unrecorded French maker, ca. 1560–80Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Arm of EveAlbrecht Dürer, 1507Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Holy Family with a ShepherdBattista Dossi, early 1520sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

Christ Carrying the CrossSebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515–17Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of an Old ManGiulio Campi, mid-1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Passion: The Agony in the GardenMartin Schongauer, c. 1480Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

Portrait of a CoupleUnrecorded Italian maker, c. 1580–88Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Virgin and Child with AngelsMaster of the Holden Tondo, early 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
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 
Studies of a Seated Female, Child's Head, and Three Studies of a BabyRaphael, c. 1507–8Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Virgin and ChildHans Memling, c. 1485Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
St. Catherine of Siena and the BeggarGiovanni di Paolo, 1460sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Dead Christ with AngelsLeandro Bassano, c. 1580Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

The NativityGiorgio Ghisi, 1553Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Lucrezia di Lippo di Iacopo GuidiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago