# Rococo

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

- [The Dance](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-dance-aic-10550), Pietro Longhi, c. 1750. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [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 Art Institute of Chicago.
- [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 Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Antiochus Yearning for Stratonice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/antiochus-yearning-for-stratonice-aic-53064), Stefano Pozzi, c. 1740. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Sketch for a Ceiling](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/sketch-for-a-ceiling-cma-97141), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-and-the-woman-taken-in-adultery-cma-97146), Sebastiano Ricci, mid-1700s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [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 Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [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 Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [The Sacrifice of Isaac](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-sacrifice-of-isaac-cma-129802), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Tobias and the Angel](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/tobias-and-the-angel-cma-129803), Francesco Guardi, 1750s. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Old Woman with a Muff](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/old-woman-with-a-muff-nga-32688), second half 18th century. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.
- [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 Art Institute of Chicago.
- [Three Angels Appearing to Abraham](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/three-angels-appearing-to-abraham-aic-33084), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1726. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort \[the Poecile\], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli, from Views of Rome](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-the-remains-of-the-praetorian-fort-the-poecile-hadri-aic-48121), Giovanni Battista Piranesi, 1770. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [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 Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Old Shepherd](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-old-shepherd-aic-55557), Conte Antonio Maria Zanetti, the Elder, 1722. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Triumph of Truth over Envy](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-triumph-of-truth-over-envy-aic-273410), Maria Katharina Prestel, 1781. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [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 Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [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 Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [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-423512), Giovanni Battista Nolli, 1748. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [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 Cleveland Museum of Art.