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The Rotunda

The entrance hall. Its bays hold the works that show each museum at its fullest: large paintings first, a few from each collection, rehung every day.

30 works · hang 8718 ·

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

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Bay 1

  1. Painting
    Sadashiva worshipped by ParvatiDevidasa, ca. 1690Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. The Adoration of the Magi, by Giotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320
    The Adoration of the MagiGiotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bay 2

  1. The Dance Class, by Edgar Degas, 1874
    The Dance ClassEdgar Degas, 1874Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Nun’s Badge with the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, by Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, ca. 1710
    Nun’s Badge with the Virgin of the Immaculate ConceptionNicolás Rodríguez Juárez, ca. 1710Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bay 3

  1. Two girls in acrobatic uniforms stand in an arena, one holds oranges.
    Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg)Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1879Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Painting of four women with blue shawls walking near red fence.
    Arlésiennes (Mistral)Paul Gauguin, 1888Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Bay 4

  1. Painting
    Ancestral group of Mughal rulersGovardhan, 18th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
  2. Large painting of woman, in gold and pink dress, placing severed head on platter.
    Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistGuido Reni, c. 1639–42Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago