The Dutch Golden Age








Works in this room
Seventeenth-century painting from the Dutch Republic: still lifes, interiors, portraits and flat, wide skies.
North wall

David Slaying GoliathDutch, 1600–50Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
A View of Bracciano with the Church of S. Maria AssuntaBartholomeus Breenberg, c. 1619–33Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Breakfast Still LifeWillem Claesz. Heda, 1647Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of Tieleman RoostermanFrans Hals, 1634Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
East wall

Fortune Distributing her GiftsJan Harmensz. Muller, 1590Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Music LessonGerard ter Borch the Younger, c. 1670Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Witch (Night Piece)Jan van de Velde II, 1626Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Standing Officer Holding a Boar's SpearHendrick Goltzius, 1586Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
West wall

Two Old Men beside a Sled Bearing the Coats of Arms of Amsterdam and UtrechtHendric Avercamp, 1620/33Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Megasoma Elephas or Megaceras Jason and Six Other InsectsPieter Holsteyn, the younger, 1640/80Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Landscape with TravelersHerman van Swanevelt, 1630sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Hercules Slaying the HydraJan Harmensz. Muller, c. 1602Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
South wall

English Warship Firing a SaluteUnrecorded Dutch maker, 1690Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
A Young Man with a ChainRembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629 or 1632Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Rush GatherersNicolaes Berchem, 1657Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Christ at the Feast of SimonJan Saenredam, c. 1590-1600Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago