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Style galleriesRococo, room 2

Rococo, room 2

A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper.
A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Sebastiano Ricci, mid-1700s
A work made of oil on canvas.
A work made of etching and aquatint, from three plates, in brown and black, with metallic gold, on ivory laid paper.

The works in this room are listed below.

Works in this room

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

First room, north wall

  1. A work made of chiaroscuro woodcut, from three blocks in pink, dark blue, and light blue, on cream laid paper.
    The Old ShepherdConte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder, 1722Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of etching on ivory laid paper.
    View of the Villa of His Eminence Cardinal Alessandro Albani, outside Porta Salaria, from Views of RomeGiovanni Battista Piranesi, 1769, published 1800–07Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  3. Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Sebastiano Ricci, mid-1700s
    Christ and the Woman Taken in AdulterySebastiano Ricci, mid-1700sCourtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

First room, south wall

  1. A work made of oil on canvas.
    Antiochus Yearning for StratoniceStefano Pozzi, c. 1740Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
  2. A work made of etching and aquatint, from three plates, in brown and black, with metallic gold, on ivory laid paper.
    The Triumph of Truth over EnvyMaria Katharina Prestel, 1781Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago