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Renaissance and Before

gold, then depth

Panels made when space was being invented on a flat surface, and the gold ground was giving way to distance.

works 12artists 11dates 1434 – 1610entry free
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St. George on white horse, piercing green, gold dragon
Key work of the hall Bernat Martorell Saint George and the Dragon 1434–35 · Tempera on panel
Gift of Mrs. Richard E. Danielson and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A light-skinned man in red and woman in blue sit with an infant between them, angels beside and above them, a small town in the background.
Fra Bartolommeo The Nativity 1504–7 · Oil on panel
Italy · 34 × 24.5 cm
Ethel T. Scarborough Fund; John G. Searle Family Trust, L. L. and A. S. Coburn, Mr. and Mrs. Lester King, John and Josephine Louis, Samuel A. Marx, Alexander McKay, Chester D. Tripp, and Murray Vale endowment funds; purchased with funds provided by Marilynn Alsdorf, Anne Searle Bent, David and Celia Hilliard, Alexandra and John Nichols, Mrs. Harold T. Martin, Mrs. George B. Young in memory of her husband, and the Rhoades Foundation; gift of John Bross and members of the Old Masters Society in memory of Louise Smith Bross; through prior gift of the George F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson, and Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester collections
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Sebastiano del Piombo Christ Carrying the Cross c. 1515–17 · Oil on panel
Italy · 118 × 92 cm
Lacy Armour, Ada Turnbull Hertle, Mary Swissler Oldberg Acquisition, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection funds; Wirt D. Walker Trust; Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and the Walter E. Heller Foundation Fund; Estate of Walter Aitken; Frederick W. Renshaw Acquisition, Marian and Samuel Klasstorner funds; Edward E. Ayer Fund in Memory of Charles L. Hutchinson; Lara T. Magnuson Acquisition, Director's funds; Samuel A. Marx Purchase Fund for Major Acquisitions; Edward Johnson, Maurice D. Galleher Endowment, Simeon B. Williams, Capital Campaign General Acquisitions, Wentworth Greene Field Memorial, Samuel P. Avery, Morris L. Parker, Irving and June Seaman Endowment, and Betty Bell Spooner funds
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
Outdoors, distinct groupings of adult men and women, some with halos, gather near a building. The front-facing wall of the building is not depicted, allowing for a view inside, where a woman sits in bed with two women nearby and two other women dress a baby. A bearded man sits near the bed.
Bartolomeo di Giovanni Scenes from the Life of Saint John the Baptist 1490/95 · Tempera on panel (poplar)
Italy · 74 × 150.4 cm
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of tempera on panel.
Giovanni di Paolo Saint John the Baptist Entering the Wilderness 1455–60 · Tempera on panel
Italy · 68.5 × 36.2 cm
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of tempera on panel.
Giovanni di Paolo Ecce Agnus Dei 1455–60 · Tempera on panel
Italy · 68.5 × 39.5 cm
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Girolamo da Carpi Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin and Christ Child c. 1535 · Oil on panel
Italy · 47 × 34 cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Jean Hey, (the Master of Moulins) Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin c. 1500 · Oil on panel
Netherlands · 27.5 × 19.9 cm
Lacy Withers Armour Fund, purchased with funds provided by the Old Masters Society, the Rhoades Foundation, Marilynn Alsdorf, Barbara Danielson in honor of James Wood, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Madigan, and John and Mary Gedo through the Old Masters Society, through prior gift of the George F. Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Morris I. Kaplan, Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester, and Max and Leola Epstein collections
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Giulio Cesare Procaccini Virgin and Child with Angels c. 1610 · Oil on panel
Italy · 57.8 × 41.9 cm
Wirt D. Walker Fund Income
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Alessandro Allori Francesco de' Medici c. 1560 · Oil on panel
Italy · 97.9 × 76.4 cm
Gift of Edgar Kaufmann, Jr.
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas.
Ridolfo Ghirlandaio Portrait of a Gentleman c. 1505 · Oil, with tempera (?), on panel, transferred to canvas
Italy · 68.2 × 49.2 cm
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain
A work made of oil on panel.
Jan van Scorel Landscape with Tournament and Hunters 1519–20 · Oil on panel
Netherlands · 57.8 × 138.5 cm
George F. Harding Collection
Art Institute of Chicago · public domain

Where you are

Renaissance and Before in time, then in the building.
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1400 1500 1600 1700 1800 1900 2000 01 Renaissance and Before 1434 – 1610 · you are here 02 The Seventeenth Century 1610 – 1695 03 The Barbizon School 1857 – 1871 04 Realism 1822 – 1906 05 Impressionism 1866 – 1893 06 Post-Impressionism 1881 – 1907 07 Modernism 1891 – 1920 08 Ukiyo-e 1744 – 1837 09 Pictorialism 1877 – 1903 10 Folk Art 1799 – 1871 Bar spans the earliest and latest work in the hall. Ticks are the individual dates in the hall you are in.
upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine void over court light drops to the tier below 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works · 18x12 m 07 Modernism 12 works · 18x12 m 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works · 16x12 m 09 Pictorialism 12 works · 18x10 m 10 Folk Art 12 works · 16x10 m dn lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine court · open air 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works · 18x12 m you are here 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works · 18x12 m 03 The Barbizon School 7 works · 16x12 m 04 Realism 12 works · 18x10 m 05 Impressionism 12 works · 16x10 m up entrance 52 m 10 m N ▭ hall, width follows the size of the hang · ⌐ door · ▤ open-air court · ≡ stair upper tier · +6.40 circulation spine dn 06 Post-Impressionism 12 works 07 Modernism 12 works 08 Ukiyo-e 12 works 09 Pictorialism 12 works 10 Folk Art 12 works lower tier · +0.00 circulation spine up 01 Renaissance and Before 12 works you are here 02 The Seventeenth Century 12 works 03 The Barbizon School 7 works 04 Realism 12 works 05 Impressionism 12 works court · open air entrance 10 m N

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