# 17th-century Italy

Time and place · hang 749 · 39 works

Works made in Italy in the 17th century.

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

## First room, north wall

1. [Samson Captured by the Philistines](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603), Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), 1619. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603?hang=749)
2. [The Ecstasy of Saint Francis](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-ecstasy-of-saint-francis-aic-160030), Giovanni Baglione, 1601. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-ecstasy-of-saint-francis-aic-160030?hang=749)

## First room, south wall

3. [Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/allegory-of-the-elevation-of-cardinal-deacon-oddone-colonna-aic-248308), Benedetto Luti, 1700. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/allegory-of-the-elevation-of-cardinal-deacon-oddone-colonna-aic-248308?hang=749)
4. [A Young Woman Holding a Cushion](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-woman-holding-a-cushion-aic-261215), Monogrammist VCP, 1643. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/a-young-woman-holding-a-cushion-aic-261215?hang=749)
5. [The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-vocation-of-saint-aloysius-luigi-gonzaga-met-436604), Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), ca. 1650. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-vocation-of-saint-aloysius-luigi-gonzaga-met-436604?hang=749)

## Second room, south wall

6. [Soldier in Profile Holding a Pike, from Capricci e habiti militari](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/soldier-in-profile-holding-a-pike-from-capricci-e-habiti-mil-aic-262561), Filippo Napoletano, 1610/29. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/soldier-in-profile-holding-a-pike-from-capricci-e-habiti-mil-aic-262561?hang=749)
7. [Lodovico Widmann](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lodovico-widmann-nga-32678), Tiberio Tinelli, probably 1637. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/lodovico-widmann-nga-32678?hang=749)
8. [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)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-virgin-and-saint-joseph-with-saint-anthony-of-padua-seat-aic-248311), Pietro Antonio di Pietri, 1690/1710. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-virgin-and-saint-joseph-with-saint-anthony-of-padua-seat-aic-248311?hang=749)

## Second room, north wall

9. [Landscape with Rock and Fortress](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/landscape-with-rock-and-fortress-aic-8097), Domenico Gargiuli (Micco Spadaro), c. 1645. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/landscape-with-rock-and-fortress-aic-8097?hang=749)
10. [Saint John the Baptist Preaching](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-john-the-baptist-preaching-met-438824), Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese), ca. 1650. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/saint-john-the-baptist-preaching-met-438824?hang=749)
11. [The Creation of Adam](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-creation-of-adam-aic-105073), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/50. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-creation-of-adam-aic-105073?hang=749)

## Third room, north wall

12. [The Resurrection](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-resurrection-aic-19336), Cecco del Caravaggio, c. 1619-20. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-resurrection-aic-19336?hang=749)
13. [The Genius of Castiglione](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-genius-of-castiglione-met-335668), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645–47 (published 1648). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-genius-of-castiglione-met-335668?hang=749)
14. [Adam and Eve in Paradise](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/adam-and-eve-in-paradise-aic-101077), Francesco Solimena, c. 1700. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/adam-and-eve-in-paradise-aic-101077?hang=749)

## Third room, south wall

15. [The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-angel-departing-from-the-family-of-tobit-aic-24932), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/the-angel-departing-from-the-family-of-tobit-aic-24932?hang=749)
16. [Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/antique-carved-marble-candelabra-base-aic-248307), Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy/antique-carved-marble-candelabra-base-aic-248307?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Andrea di Lione's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-andrea-di-lione?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [More Baroque](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/baroque?hang=749&via=continue) (32 works)
- [17th-century Italy, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ5LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoicEpYT1hiLXIifQ)