# Rococo

Style galleries · hang 748 · 21 works

Light, playful and pastel: the decorative art of eighteenth-century Europe.

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

## First room, north wall

1. [A Young Woman Buying a Pink from a Young Man](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/a-young-woman-buying-a-pink-from-a-young-man-cma-117766), Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1740. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/a-young-woman-buying-a-pink-from-a-young-man-cma-117766?hang=748)
2. [The Old Shepherd](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-old-shepherd-aic-55557), Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder, 1722. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/the-old-shepherd-aic-55557?hang=748)
3. [Sketch for a Ceiling](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketch-for-a-ceiling-cma-97141), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/sketch-for-a-ceiling-cma-97141?hang=748)
4. [Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l’anno MDCCXLVII, known as La Pianta Grande di Roma](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nuova-pianta-di-roma-data-in-luce-da-giambattista-nolli-l-an-cma-423509), Giovanni Battista Nolli, 1748. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/nuova-pianta-di-roma-data-in-luce-da-giambattista-nolli-l-an-cma-423509?hang=748)

## First room, south wall

5. [Antiochus Yearning for Stratonice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/antiochus-yearning-for-stratonice-aic-53064), Stefano Pozzi, c. 1740. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/antiochus-yearning-for-stratonice-aic-53064?hang=748)
6. [Three Angels Appearing to Abraham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-angels-appearing-to-abraham-aic-33084), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/three-angels-appearing-to-abraham-aic-33084?hang=748)

## Second room, south wall

7. [Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/rinaldo-and-armida-in-her-garden-aic-16485), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/rinaldo-and-armida-in-her-garden-aic-16485?hang=748)
8. [The Sacrifice of Isaac, Tobias and the Angel, The Angels Appearing to Abraham, Abraham Welcoming the Three Angels (painting series)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-tobias-and-the-angel-the-angels-appea-cma-129801), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-tobias-and-the-angel-the-angels-appea-cma-129801?hang=748)

## Second room, north wall

9. [Tobias and the Angel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tobias-and-the-angel-cma-129803), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/tobias-and-the-angel-cma-129803?hang=748)
10. [Study for "The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian" (for the Augustinian monastery at Diessen, Germany)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/study-for-the-martyrdom-of-saint-sebastian-for-the-augustini-cma-124796), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1739. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/study-for-the-martyrdom-of-saint-sebastian-for-the-augustini-cma-124796?hang=748)
11. [View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of Rome](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-the-villa-of-his-eminence-cardinal-alessandro-albani-aic-48151), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769, published 1800–07. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/view-of-the-villa-of-his-eminence-cardinal-alessandro-albani-aic-48151?hang=748)
12. [Old Woman with a Muff](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/old-woman-with-a-muff-nga-32688), Unrecorded French maker, second half 18th century. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/old-woman-with-a-muff-nga-32688?hang=748)

## Third room, north wall

13. [The Lion Bas-Reliefs, plate 5 from Imaginary Prisons](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-lion-bas-reliefs-plate-5-from-imaginary-prisons-aic-7353), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1761. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/the-lion-bas-reliefs-plate-5-from-imaginary-prisons-aic-7353?hang=748)
14. [Nuova pianta di Roma data in luce da Giambattista Nolli l’anno MDCCXLVII, known as La Pianta Grande di Roma](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/nuova-pianta-di-roma-data-in-luce-da-giambattista-nolli-l-an-cma-423518), Giovanni Battista Nolli, 1748. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/nuova-pianta-di-roma-data-in-luce-da-giambattista-nolli-l-an-cma-423518?hang=748)

## Third room, south wall

15. [The Sacrifice of Isaac](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-cma-129802), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-cma-129802?hang=748)
16. [Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/armida-encounters-the-sleeping-rinaldo-aic-16488), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo/armida-encounters-the-sleeping-rinaldo-aic-16488?hang=748)

## Doors

- [More by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/giovanni-battista-tiepolo?hang=748&via=continue) (10 works)
- [18th-century Italy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/18-italy?hang=748&via=continue) (49 works)
- [Rococo, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/rococo?hang=748&cursor=eyJvIjoxNiwiaCI6NzQ4LCJpIjpudWxsLCJnIjoiRUowZWdyMDEifQ)