Renaissance







Works in this room
European art from about 1400 to 1600, when painters rediscovered perspective and the classical past.
Section 1, north wall

Virgin and Child with John the Baptist and AngelsPietro del Donzello, c. 1500Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
A Drapery Study for the Knees of a Seated Allegorical Figure of Charity (recto); Bust of a Naked Allegorical Figure of Charity with Two Putti (verso)Giovanni Antonio di Francesco Sogliani, 1520/30Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Sinan Reis and Hayreddin BarbarossaItalian, c. 1535Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The NativityPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 1, south wall

The Power of Women: The Poet Virgil Suspended in a BasketLucas van Leyden, c. 1512Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
View of VeniceJacopo de' Barbari, 1500Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Saint SebastianPerugino, c. 1493Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

The NativityGiorgio Ghisi, 1553Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Circumcision of Christ, from The Life of the VirginAlbrecht Dürer, c. 1505, published 1511Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Domenico da GambassiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"Unrecorded French maker, ca. 1560–80Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Christ Carrying the CrossSebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515–17Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the BaptistJacopo Bassano, 1560–65Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Arm of EveAlbrecht Dürer, 1507Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

Portrait of Roberto CastiglioneUnrecorded Italian maker, early 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Saint John the Baptist Entering the WildernessGiovanni di Paolo, 1455–60Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago