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

The Fall of Man with Scenes of the CreationAugustus Cordus, 1544Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Drapery Study of a Standing Figure Facing Right, in ProfileAndrea del Verrocchio, late 1460s–early 1470sCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
A Naval BattleMichele Lucchese, c. 1550Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Baptism of ChristPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 1, south wall

The CrucifixionSodoma, 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Martyrdom of Saint AndrewGuido Reni, 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Group of Nine Standing FiguresParmigianino, 1524/27Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Virgin and ChildBernardino Luini, 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

Study of a Standing Male NudeGiuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino, 1595/96Courtesy 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 
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 
Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and AngelsPietro del Donzello, c. 1500Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Portrait of Vincenzo GuarignoniGiovanni Battista Moroni, c. 1572Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Portrait of Roberto CastiglioneUnrecorded Italian maker, early 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Domenico da GambassiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Virgin and Child with AngelsMaster of the Holden Tondo, early 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art