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

Alessandro de' MediciPontormo, (Jacopo Carrucci), 1534–35Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of a Woman as Saint CatherinePier Francesco Foschi, c. 1560Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Group of Nine Standing FiguresParmigianino, 1524/27Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Study for the Nude Youth over the Prophet Daniel (recto); Figure Studies for the Sistine Ceiling (verso)Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1510–11Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

St. Catherine of Siena and the BeggarGiovanni di Paolo, 1460sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Baptism of ChristPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
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 
Dead Blue RollerHans Hoffmann, 1583Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

The Academy of Baccio BandinelliEnea Vico, 1544/50, printed c. 1560sCourtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Death of the VirginUnrecorded Italian maker, mid-1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Dead Christ with AngelsLeandro Bassano, c. 1580Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Virgin and ChildHans Memling, c. 1485Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Study of a Standing Male NudeGiuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d'Arpino, 1595/96Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Christ Crowned with ThornsMartin Schongauer, 1470–82Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 3, north wall

Equestrian Portrait of the Emperor MaximilianHans Burgkmair, 1508Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Christ and the Woman of SamariaPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago