Renaissance








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

The Flight into EgyptDomenico Campagnola, c. 1540Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Christ and the Woman of SamariaPerugino, 1500–05Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
JudithJan Sanders van Hemessen, c. 1540Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Christ Carrying the CrossSebastiano del Piombo, c. 1515–17Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 1, south wall

The Passion: The Agony in the GardenMartin Schongauer, c. 1480Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Domenico da GambassiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Farnese HerculesGiorgio Ghisi, c. 1577Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
The Power of Women: The Poet Virgil Suspended in a BasketLucas van Leyden, c. 1512Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, south wall

The Circumcision of Christ, from The Life of the VirginAlbrecht Dürer, c. 1505, published 1511Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
St. Catherine of Siena and the BeggarGiovanni di Paolo, 1460sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Power of Women: Samson and DelilahLucas van Leyden, c. 1512Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Dead Christ Held by AngelsOrazio Samacchini, 1580/1620Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 2, north wall

Saint Anthony AbbotFra Angelico, 1440–41Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the StigmataFrancesco Vanni, c. 1595Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of an Old ManGiulio Campi, mid-1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Fall of Man with Scenes of the CreationAugustus Cordus, 1544Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago