The Rotunda




Works in this room
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.
Bay 1

Sadashiva worshipped by ParvatiDevidasa, ca. 1690Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
The Adoration of the MagiGiotto di Bondone, possibly ca. 1320Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bay 2

A courtesan and her attendant under a cherry treeTawaraya Sori III, late 18th-early 19th centuryCourtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution 
The sage-physician Dhanvantari, folio from the “Sixth” Bhagavata Purana series, also known as the “small” Guler-Basohli seriesManaku, ca. 1735-1740Courtesy of the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution
Bay 3

Dragon and TigerSesson Shūkei, c. 1546–56Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art 
The Shadow of DeathWilliam Holman Hunt, 1873-74Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
Bay 4

The Shepherd's SongPierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1891Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art 
Two Sisters (On the Terrace)Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago