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

The NativityGiorgio Ghisi, 1553Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
View of VeniceJacopo de' Barbari, 1500Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Battle of the NudesAntonio Pollaiuolo, 1470s–80sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 1, south wall

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 
Portrait of Roberto CastiglioneUnrecorded Italian maker, early 1600sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Virgin and ChildBernardino Luini, 1500sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Farnese HerculesGiorgio Ghisi, c. 1577Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 2, south wall

Samson and the Lion, from "The Story of Samson"Unrecorded French maker, ca. 1560–80Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
JudithJan Sanders van Hemessen, c. 1540Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Arm of EveAlbrecht Dürer, 1507Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Passion: The Agony in the GardenMartin Schongauer, c. 1480Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Section 2, north wall

Dead Blue RollerHans Hoffmann, 1583Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Salome with the Head of Saint John the BaptistBernardino Luini, 1500s or laterCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
Alessandro de' MediciPontormo, (Jacopo Carrucci), 1534–35Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Section 3, north wall

Domenico da GambassiAndrea del Sarto, 1525–28Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago 
Portrait of Vincenzo GuarignoniGiovanni Battista Moroni, c. 1572Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art