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 Power of Women: The Poet Virgil Suspended in a BasketLucas van Leyden, c. 1512Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Sacrifice of IsaacAndrea del Sarto, c. 1527Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Holy Family with Saint ElizabethJacopo de' Barbari, c. 1503Courtesy 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
Section 1, south wall

Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistBernardino Luini, 1500s or laterCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Dead Christ with AngelsLeandro Bassano, c. 1580Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Submersion of Pharaoh's Army in the Red SeaTitian, 1514–15, printed 1549Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Passion: Christ Before AnnasMartin Schongauer, c. 1480Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

Christ and the Woman of SamariaPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Saint John the Baptist Entering the WildernessGiovanni di Paolo, 1455–60Courtesy 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

The Academy of Baccio BandinelliEnea Vico, 1544/50, printed c. 1560sCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Farnese HerculesGiorgio Ghisi, c. 1577Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Death of the VirginUnrecorded Italian maker, mid-1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

Dead Christ Held by AngelsOrazio Samacchini, 1580/1620Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The NativityPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago