Floor plan

Time and placeThe 17th century

The 17th century

A work made of black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on cream laid paper.
A work made of oil on panel.
A Bouquet of Flowers, by Clara Peeters, ca. 1612
Screen or fusuma (fragment)
Paying the Hostess, by Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670
A work made of oil on canvas.
Album of Landscapes: Leaf 5, by Wang Gai, 1677
A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

Works made in the 17th century, anywhere in the world.

Section 1, north wall

  1. A work made of black chalk, with touches of white chalk, on cream laid paper.
    A ProcessionAmbroise Dubois, c. 1610Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of oil on panel.
    Still LifePieter Claesz, c. 1625Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A Bouquet of Flowers, by Clara Peeters, ca. 1612
    A Bouquet of FlowersClara Peeters, ca. 1612Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  4. Screen or fusuma (fragment)
    Tiger lilies and grassStyle of Ogata Kenzan, 1663-1868Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Section 1, south wall

  1. Paying the Hostess, by Pieter de Hooch, ca. 1670
    Paying the HostessPieter de Hooch, ca. 1670Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Jacopo ButeraFrancesco Solimena, c. 1695Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Album of Landscapes: Leaf 5, by Wang Gai, 1677
    Album of Landscapes: Leaf 5Wang Gai, 1677Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  4. A work made of etching in black on cream laid paper.
    Soldier in Profile Holding a Pike, from Capricci e habiti militariFilippo Napoletano, 1610/29Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 2, south wall

  1. Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a Landscape, by Abraham Brueghel
    Pomegranates and Other Fruit in a LandscapeAbraham BrueghelCourtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. Samson, by Valentin de Boulogne, 1630–31
    SamsonValentin de Boulogne, 1630–31Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  3. ONE OF A SET OF PROJECTS FOR A TITLE PAGE AND THE DECORATION OF A HORIZONTAL PANEL
    One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panelFrancesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Section 2, north wall

  1. The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew, by Caravaggio, 1606–7
    The Crucifixion of Saint AndrewCaravaggio, 1606–7Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
  2. A scene in green, orange, and blue depicts a large robed figure seated prominently in the foreground, a small standing figure beside him, and a tiny, seated, floating figure above him, mountains in the background.
    Arhat Vanavasin, One of the Sixteen Great Arhats, from a Set of Twenty-ThreeTibeto-Chinese, late 17th/early 18th centuryCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
    The Grotto of Pan and FameStefano della Bella, 1653/55Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago

Section 3, north wall

  1. Perseus and the Origin of Coral, by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée), ca. 1671
    Perseus and the Origin of CoralClaude Lorrain (Claude Gellée), ca. 1671Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  2. The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of Alexandria, by Jusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto), 1648
    The Holy Family with Saints Anne and Catherine of AlexandriaJusepe de Ribera (called Lo Spagnoletto), 1648Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art