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 Farnese HerculesGiorgio Ghisi, c. 1577Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Passion: Christ Before AnnasMartin Schongauer, c. 1480Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Dead Christ with AngelsLeandro Bassano, c. 1580Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

Portrait of a CoupleUnrecorded Italian maker, c. 1580–88Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Christ Carrying the CrossSebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515–17Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Saint John the Baptist Entering the WildernessGiovanni di Paolo, 1455–60Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Saint SebastianPerugino, c. 1493Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

The NativityPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
JudithJan Sanders van Hemessen, c. 1540Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Sacrifice of IsaacAndrea del Sarto, c. 1527Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Venus Reclining in a LandscapeGiulio Campagnola, c. 1508–9Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Study of a Standing Male NudeGiuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino, 1595/96Courtesy 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 
Alessandro de' MediciPontormo, (Jacopo Carrucci), 1534–35Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 3, north wall

Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the StigmataFrancesco Vanni, c. 1595Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Christ Crowned with ThornsMartin Schongauer, 1470–82Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art