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Baroque and Rococo

Drama, movement and deep shadow in the 1600s, then the light, playful decoration of eighteenth-century Europe.

53 works · hang 8588 ·

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

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First room, north wall

  1. A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown and gray wash, over black chalk, on ivory laid paper.
    Three Angels Appearing to AbrahamGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
    Saint Jerome and a Pope with Two Putti (Saint Jerome and Pope Damasus)Jacopo Palma il Giovane, c. 1611Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The Ecstasy of Saint FrancisGiovanni Baglione, 1601Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Sebastiano Ricci, mid-1700s
    Christ and the Woman Taken in AdulterySebastiano Ricci, mid-1700sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. A work made of etching in black ink on cream laid paper.
    A Young Woman Holding a CushionMonogrammist VCP, 1643Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Drawing of god, radiating light, reaching down from clouds, touching male figure.
    The Creation of AdamGiovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/50Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, and white opaque watercolor (recto) and pen and brown-black ink (verso) on laid paper.
    The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory, While an Angel Pours Fluid from a Vase onto the Crowd Below (recto and verso)Pietro Antonio di Pietri, 1690/1710Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Tobias and the Angel, by Francesco Guardi, 1750s
    Tobias and the AngelFrancesco Guardi, 1750sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Second room, south wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Portrait of a GirlFrancesco Solimena, c. 1700Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Antiochus Yearning for StratoniceStefano Pozzi, c. 1740Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
    View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of RomeGiovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769, published 1800–07Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Second room, north wall

  1. The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew, by Caravaggio, 1606–7
    The Crucifixion of Saint AndrewCaravaggio, 1606–7Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Rinaldo and Armida in Her GardenGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Third room, north wall

  1. A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
    Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the BaptistElisabetta Sirani, 1650/60Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    The ResurrectionCecco del Caravaggio, c. 1619-20Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany), by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1739
    Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1739Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art