# The Rotunda

The Rotunda · hang 749 · 30 works

The entrance hall. Its bays hold the works that show each museum at its fullest: large paintings first, a few from each collection, rehung every day.

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

## Bay 1

1. [The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli series](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sage-physician-dhanvantari-folio-from-the-sixth-bhagavat-si-fsg-s2018-1-7), Manaku, ca. 1735-1740. Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/the-sage-physician-dhanvantari-folio-from-the-sixth-bhagavat-si-fsg-s2018-1-7?hang=749)
2. [The Camera Obscura](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-camera-obscura-nga-32578), Charles Amédée Philippe Van Loo, 1764. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/the-camera-obscura-nga-32578?hang=749)

## Bay 2

3. [Arlésiennes (Mistral)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/arlesiennes-mistral-aic-19339), Paul Gauguin, 1888. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/arlesiennes-mistral-aic-19339?hang=749)
4. [Dance in a Subterranean Roundhouse at Clear Lake, California](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/dance-in-a-subterranean-roundhouse-at-clear-lake-california-met-698529), Jules Tavernier, 1878. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/dance-in-a-subterranean-roundhouse-at-clear-lake-california-met-698529?hang=749)

## Bay 3

5. [Aristotle with a Bust of Homer](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/aristotle-with-a-bust-of-homer-met-437394), Rembrandt van Rijn, 1653. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/aristotle-with-a-bust-of-homer-met-437394?hang=749)
6. [Two Sisters (On the Terrace)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/two-sisters-on-the-terrace-aic-14655), Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/two-sisters-on-the-terrace-aic-14655?hang=749)

## Bay 4

7. [The Dance Class](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dance-class-met-438817), Edgar Degas, 1874. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/the-dance-class-met-438817?hang=749)
8. [Saint Romanus of Antioch and Saint Barulas](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-romanus-of-antioch-and-saint-barulas-aic-61665), Francisco de Zurbarán, 1638. Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. [Walk to it](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda/saint-romanus-of-antioch-and-saint-barulas-aic-61665?hang=749)

## Doors

- [Romanticism and Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/romanticism-and-realism?hang=749&via=continue) (73 works)
- [The Rotunda, room 2](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/the-rotunda?hang=749&cursor=eyJvIjo4LCJoIjo3NDksImkiOm51bGwsImciOiJkZ2dENnhMZiJ9)