Floor plan

West wing: Old MastersThe Dutch Golden Age

The Dutch Golden Age

A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream laid paper.
The Mocking of Ceres, by Hendrik Goudt, 1610
A work made of engraving on three joined sheets of laid paper.
A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
Study of a Tulip (Wit en root boode), by Pieter Holsteyn II, c. 1645
A work made of oil on panel.
Enclosed Valley, by Hercules Seghers, c. 1623–30

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Seventeenth-century painting from the Dutch Republic: still lifes, interiors, portraits and flat, wide skies.

North wall

  1. A work made of pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper.
    The Coronation of the Virgin and The Flight into EgyptJan de Bisschop, 1648/71Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of watercolor and opaque watercolor on cream laid paper.
    A Horseshoe CrabPieter Holsteyn, the younger, 1640/80Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. The Mocking of Ceres, by Hendrik Goudt, 1610
    The Mocking of CeresHendrik Goudt, 1610Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. A work made of engraving on three joined sheets of laid paper.
    The Last SupperJan Harmensz. Muller, 1594Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

East wall

  1. A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
    The Apollo Belvedere, plate 3 from Three Famous Antique SculpturesHendrick Goltzius, c. 1592, printed c. 1617Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Study of a Tulip (Wit en root boode), by Pieter Holsteyn II, c. 1645
    Study of a Tulip (Wit en root boode)Pieter Holsteyn II, c. 1645Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. A work made of oil on panel.
    Alpheus and ArethusaMoses van Uyttenbroeck, 1626Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  4. Enclosed Valley, by Hercules Seghers, c. 1623–30
    Enclosed ValleyHercules Seghers, c. 1623–30Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

West wall

  1. A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
    Christ Raises the Dead Son of the Widow of NainJacob Matham, 1593/94Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. Rush Gatherers, by Nicolaes Berchem, 1657
    Rush GatherersNicolaes Berchem, 1657Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. English Warship Firing a Salute, 1690
    English Warship Firing a SaluteUnrecorded Dutch maker, 1690Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. A Cottage in the Woods, by Meindert Hobbema, c. 1662
    A Cottage in the WoodsMeindert Hobbema, c. 1662Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

South wall

  1. A work made of opaque and translucent watercolors, with pen and brown ink, over graphite, on cream laid paper.
    Two Old Men beside a Sled Bearing the Coats of Arms of Amsterdam and UtrechtHendric Avercamp, 1620/33Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on panel.
    The Judgement of ZaleucusOtto van Veen, c. 1605Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Travelers in Hilly Countryside, by Aelbert Cuyp, c. 1650
    Travelers in Hilly CountrysideAelbert Cuyp, c. 1650Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. A work made of engraving in black on cream laid paper.
    Drunken SilenusJonas Suyderhoef, 1642Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago