# The 16th century

Time and place · hang 750 · 210 works

Works made in the 16th century, anywhere in the world.

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

## First room, north wall

1. [Latona Giving Birth to Apollo and Diana on the Island of Delos](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/latona-giving-birth-to-apollo-and-diana-on-the-island-of-del-nga-7358), Diana Scultori, 1561-1565. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/latona-giving-birth-to-apollo-and-diana-on-the-island-of-del-nga-7358?hang=750)
2. [Allegory](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/allegory-nga-35082), Pietro degli Ingannati, c. 1515-1525. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/allegory-nga-35082?hang=750)
3. [Pietà](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/pieta-nga-41592), Moretto da Brescia, 1520s. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/pieta-nga-41592?hang=750)
4. ["Farhad Carves a Milk Channel for Shirin", Folio 74 from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Nizami of Ganja](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/farhad-carves-a-milk-channel-for-shirin-folio-74-from-a-kham-met-446595), Nizami, dated 931 AH/1524–25 CE. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/farhad-carves-a-milk-channel-for-shirin-folio-74-from-a-kham-met-446595?hang=750)

## First room, south wall

5. [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/samson-and-the-lion-from-the-story-of-samson-met-393723?hang=750)
6. [Still Life with Game Fowl](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/still-life-with-game-fowl-aic-84709), Juan Sánchez Cotán, c. 1600–3. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/still-life-with-game-fowl-aic-84709?hang=750)
7. [Venus and Cupid](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/venus-and-cupid-met-436918), Lorenzo Lotto, 1520s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/venus-and-cupid-met-436918?hang=750)

## Second room, south wall

8. [Venus and Adonis](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/venus-and-adonis-met-437826), Titian, 1550s. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/venus-and-adonis-met-437826?hang=750)
9. [The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-wedding-of-cupid-and-psyche-aic-268822), Hendrick Goltzius, 1587. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/the-wedding-of-cupid-and-psyche-aic-268822?hang=750)

## Second room, north wall

10. [Monkeys and trees on a river bank](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/monkeys-and-trees-on-a-river-bank-si-fsg-f1903-218-219), Sesson Shūkei, 1568-1615. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/monkeys-and-trees-on-a-river-bank-si-fsg-f1903-218-219?hang=750)
11. [The handmaiden again pleads for the death of the prince, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Eighth Night](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-handmaiden-again-pleads-for-the-death-of-the-prince-from-cma-137953), Lalu, c. 1560. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/the-handmaiden-again-pleads-for-the-death-of-the-prince-from-cma-137953?hang=750)

## Third room, north wall

12. [The Baptism of Christ](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-baptism-of-christ-met-440393), Jacopo Bassano, ca. 1590. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/the-baptism-of-christ-met-440393?hang=750)
13. [Martyrdom of Saint Andrew](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/martyrdom-of-saint-andrew-cma-97145), Guido Reni, 1600s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/martyrdom-of-saint-andrew-cma-97145?hang=750)
14. [Eighteen Views of Huzhou](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/eighteen-views-of-huzhou-cma-160723), Song Xu, c. 1588. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/eighteen-views-of-huzhou-cma-160723?hang=750)

## Third room, south wall

15. [The Flight into Egypt](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-flight-into-egypt-aic-248304), Domenico Campagnola, c. 1540. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/the-flight-into-egypt-aic-248304?hang=750)
16. [Title page, from The Seven Vices](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107), Hieronymous Wierix, c. 1598. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16/title-page-from-the-seven-vices-aic-271107?hang=750)

## Doors

- [More by Hieronymous Wierix](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/hieronymous-wierix?hang=750&via=continue) (3 works)
- [More Northern Renaissance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/northern-renaissance?hang=750&via=continue) (62 works)
- [The 16th century, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/16?hang=750&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzUwLCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoibERKUHNqY0YifQ)