# Italian Baroque

Style galleries · hang 749 · 13 works

Light, theatre and devotion in seventeenth-century Italy.

The rooms are imagined; every work on their walls is real.

## Section 1, north wall

1. [Samson Captured by the Philistines](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603), Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), 1619. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/samson-captured-by-the-philistines-met-436603?hang=749)
2. [The Vocation of Saint Aloysius (Luigi) Gonzaga](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-vocation-of-saint-aloysius-luigi-gonzaga-met-436604), Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), ca. 1650. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/the-vocation-of-saint-aloysius-luigi-gonzaga-met-436604?hang=749)

## Section 1, south wall

3. [Lodovico Widmann](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lodovico-widmann-nga-32678), Tiberio Tinelli, probably 1637. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/lodovico-widmann-nga-32678?hang=749)
4. [Saint John the Baptist Preaching](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-john-the-baptist-preaching-met-438824), Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese), ca. 1650. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/saint-john-the-baptist-preaching-met-438824?hang=749)
5. [The Genius of Castiglione](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-genius-of-castiglione-met-335668), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, ca. 1645–47 (published 1648). Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/the-genius-of-castiglione-met-335668?hang=749)

## Section 2, south wall

6. [The Immaculate Conception](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-immaculate-conception-met-437423), Guido Reni, 1627. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/the-immaculate-conception-met-437423?hang=749)
7. [Youth Playing a Pipe for a Satyr](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/youth-playing-a-pipe-for-a-satyr-met-335663), Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, 1645–50. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/youth-playing-a-pipe-for-a-satyr-met-335663?hang=749)
8. [The Holy Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-holy-family-nga-52524), Simone Cantarini. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/the-holy-family-nga-52524?hang=749)

## Section 2, north wall

9. [Charity](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/charity-met-437422), Guido Reni, ca. 1630. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/charity-met-437422?hang=749)
10. [Judith with the Head of Holofernes](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes-met-437745), Massimo Stanzione, ca. 1640. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes-met-437745?hang=749)
11. [Title Page for "Ornamenti di fregi e fogliani"](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/title-page-for-ornamenti-di-fregi-e-fogliani-nga-30492), Stefano della Bella, probably 1648. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/title-page-for-ornamenti-di-fregi-e-fogliani-nga-30492?hang=749)

## Section 3, north wall

12. [The Holy Family](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-holy-family-nga-52522), Simone Cantarini. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/the-holy-family-nga-52522?hang=749)
13. [Youth Sitting on a Wall in Conversation with Two Men](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/youth-sitting-on-a-wall-in-conversation-with-two-men-nga-56180), Salvator Rosa, c. 1656/1657. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/italian-baroque/youth-sitting-on-a-wall-in-conversation-with-two-men-nga-56180?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Salvator Rosa's contemporaries](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/contemporaries-of-salvator-rosa?hang=749&via=continue) (8 works)
- [17th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-italy?hang=749&via=continue) (39 works)