# 16th-century France

Time and place · hang 749 · 8 works

Works made in France in the 16th century.

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

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Portrait of Cosimo de' Medici in full armor, his left hand resting on a staff](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-cosimo-de-medici-in-full-armor-his-left-hand-res-met-627326), Niccolò della Casa, 1544. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/portrait-of-cosimo-de-medici-in-full-armor-his-left-hand-res-met-627326?hang=749)
2. [The Raising of Lazarus](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-raising-of-lazarus-met-336315), Jacques Bellange, ca. 1606–8. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/the-raising-of-lazarus-met-336315?hang=749)
3. [Portrait of a Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/portrait-of-a-man-nga-50293), Corneille de Lyon, c. 1536/1540. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/portrait-of-a-man-nga-50293?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

4. [Bacchanal](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/bacchanal-met-335240), Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1635–36. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/bacchanal-met-335240?hang=749)
5. [Hilly Landscape with Travelers on Foot](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/hilly-landscape-with-travelers-on-foot-nga-61211), Jean Morin. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/hilly-landscape-with-travelers-on-foot-nga-61211?hang=749)
6. [Amya Petitioning Faustus for the Custody of Saint Mamas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/amya-petitioning-faustus-for-the-custody-of-saint-mamas-met-343314), Jean Cousin the Elder, ca. 1543. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/amya-petitioning-faustus-for-the-custody-of-saint-mamas-met-343314?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

7. [Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-and-the-lion-from-the-story-of-samson-met-393723), Unrecorded French maker, ca. 1560–80. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/samson-and-the-lion-from-the-story-of-samson-met-393723?hang=749)
8. [Edge of a Wood with Peasants Going to Market](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/edge-of-a-wood-with-peasants-going-to-market-nga-61210), Jean Morin. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16-france/edge-of-a-wood-with-peasants-going-to-market-nga-61210?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Jean Morin's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-jean-morin?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More French classicism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/french-classicism?hang=749&via=continue) (29 works)