Baroque

Drama, movement and deep shadow in European art of the 1600s.

32 works. We group works by maker, place and date; museums file them in their own ways.

Walk the Baroque gallery

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Guido Reni, c. 1639–42

Landscape with Rock and Fortress

Domenico Gargiuli (Micco Spadaro), c. 1645

The Resurrection

Cecco del Caravaggio, c. 1619-20

Portrait of a Girl

Francesco Solimena, c. 1700

Jacopo Butera

Francesco Solimena, c. 1695

Cupid Chastised

Bartolomeo Manfredi, 1613

Adam and Eve in Paradise

Francesco Solimena, c. 1700

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis

Giovanni Baglione, 1601

The Supper at Emmaus

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, c. 1720

Sketch for "The Four Prophets of Israel" (for Il Gesù, Rome)

Giovanni Battista Gaulli, c. 1675–1677

Adoration of the Magi

Guido Reni, 1642

Danaë

Orazio Gentileschi, c. 1623

The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Caravaggio, 1606–7

The Angel Departing from the Family of Tobit (?)

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1655

Putto Holding Staff

Guido Reni, n.d.

The Creation of Adam

Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione, c. 1645/50

The Grotto of Pan and Fame

Stefano della Bella, 1653/55

The Colossal Statue of the Apennines, from Views of Villa di Pratolino

Stefano della Bella, c. 1653

Equestrian Ballet in the Amphitheater of the Boboli Gardens

Stefano della Bella, 1661

Antique Carved Marble Candelabra Base

Andrea di Lione, 1642/44 or 1647/51

Allegory of the Elevation of Cardinal Deacon Oddone Colonna to the Papal Chair as Pope Martin V

Benedetto Luti, 1700

The Virgin and Saint Joseph with Saint Anthony of Padua Seated in the Heavens Interceding for the Souls in Purgatory, While an Angel Pours Fluid from a Vase onto the Crowd Below (recto and verso)

Pietro Antonio di Pietri, 1690/1710

Saint Jerome and a Pope with Two Putti (Saint Jerome and Pope Damasus)

Jacopo Palma il Giovane, c. 1611

A Young Woman Holding a Cushion

Monogrammist VCP, 1643

The Holy Family

Giulio Cesare Procaccini, 1613/15

Soldier in Profile Holding a Pike, from Capricci e habiti militari

Filippo Napoletano, 1610/29

Holy Family with St. John and Two Angels

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, n.d.

Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth and Saint John the Baptist

Elisabetta Sirani, 1650/60

Portrait of a Man in a Military Uniform

Unknown maker, 18th century

One set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration for horizontal panels. Intended to be engraved

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699

One of a set of trophies of weapons of war as a decoration of a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699

One of a set of projects for a title page and the decoration of a horizontal panel

Francesco Bedeschini, Italian, 1675-1699