Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection
Barney A. Ebsworth Gallery
With construction poised to begin on the ambitious expansion project that will give more space to display the permanent collection, it is an opportune time to explore the Museum’s holdings further and take stock of lesser-known areas of depth. A prime example is the collection of more than one hundred Old Master prints. Even though some have been widely published, including in the Museum’s recent collection catalog Spotlights, many others are still under-studied and have rarely been exhibited. Renaissance and Baroque Prints: Investigating the Collection brings the majority of this varied collection into the galleries. Visitors will have the unique opportunity to witness research in progress when students, faculty, and outside curators examine and assess the works on view through a series of public lectures and gallery talks.
As the Old Master print collection spans the 15th through the 18th centuries, this exhibition also provides opportunities to study the rise of image dissemination through new printmaking methods. Featuring a wide variety of techniques and subject matter, the installation includes prints by major artists such as Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528), Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669), and Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778) alongside the work of several dozen other Renaissance and Baroque artists. A selection of Old Master drawings complements the installation.
The exhibition is curated by Allison Unruh, associate curator.
Support is provided by the William T. Kemper Foundation and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
Selected works

Martin Schongauer
The Virgin Seated in a Courtyard
c. 1474–79
Albrecht Dürer
Christ on the Cross
1508
Albrecht Dürer
The Mass of St. Gregory
1511
Albrecht Dürer
Melencolia I
1514
Albrecht Dürer
St. Anthony Reading
1519
Lucas van Leyden
Martyrdom of St. Sebastian
16th century
Heinrich Trippenmeker Aldegrever
The Stoning of Two Men
1553
Pieter van der Heyden
The Last Judgment
1558
Philip Galle
Naboth Gives False Testimony, from the series The Story of Ahab, Jezebel, and Naboth
c. 1561
Unknown (French, 16th century)
Parnassus
16th century
Hendrick Goltzius
The Great Hercules
1589
Daniel Hopfer
The Peasant Feast
c. 1533–36
Daniel Hopfer
Village Festival
1533–36, printed after 1684
Marcantonio Raimondi
Jesus as a Boy, Talking with the Edlers in the Temple
n.d.
Marcantonio Raimondi
Joachim and the Angel
1506
Marcantonio Raimondi
Judgment of Paris
c. 1517–20
Raphael
Descent from the Cross
c. 1518
Marcantonio Raimondi
Triumph of Titus
c. 1520
Parmigianino
Diogenes
1527
Master of the Die
Putti Playing
c. 1532–33
Niccoló della Casa
Portrait of Cosimo de Medici
1544
René Boyvin
The Effects of Filial Piety: The Twins of Catania
16th century
Nicholas Beatrizet
The Ocean
1560
Unknown
Alexander and Rossane
16th century
Unknown
Counterproof of Alexander and Rossane
16th century
Antonio Lafreri
Fighting Warriors, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
16th century
Unknown
Pantheon, Façade, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1549
Nicholas Beatrizet
Temple of Fortuna Virilis, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published 1550
Unknown
Pasquino, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1550
Anonymous (from Lafreri)
Apollo Belvedere, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published 1552
Nicholas Beatrizet
Pantheon, Section, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)
published 1553
Nicholas Beatrizet
Bas-reliefs from the Arch of Constantine, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1553
Antonio Lafreri
Sheet of Agricultural Symbols, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1564
Antonio Lafreri
Temple of Antonio Faustita, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1565
Etienne Dupérac
St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's Project, section, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published before 1573
Unknown
The Column of Duilos and the Meta Sudans, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1575
Unknown
Artist Sketching Marforio, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae (Mirror of Roman Magnificence)
1581
Ambrogio Brambilla
Circus Maximus, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published 1581
Ambrogio Brambilla
St. Peter's Basilica, Michelangelo's Project, Exterior View, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published c. 1581–86
Ambrogio Brambilla
Baths of Diocletian and Maximian, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published 1582
Ambrogio Brambilla
Tomb of C. Cestius, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
published 1582
Unknown
The Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1583
Unknown
The Arch of Constantine, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1583
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Good Samaritan
1633
Rembrandt van Rijn
Self-Portrait in Oriental Costume
1634
Rembrandt van Rijn
Sheet of Studies
1639
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Death of the Virgin
1639
Rembrandt van Rijn
St. Jerome beside a Pollard Willow
1648
Rembrandt van Rijn
Christ Preaching (La Petite Tombe)
1652
Rembrandt van Rijn
The Three Crosses
1653
Rembrandt van Rijn
Jan Lutma, Goldsmith
1656
Jonas Suyderhoef
Portrait of Hendrick Goltzius
1649
Philips Wouwerman
L'Ecuyer du Manège
n.d.
Cornelius Vermeuten
Effigies Raymundi
n.d.
Janus Lutma the Younger
Portrait of Joost van den Vondel
17th century
Stefano Della Bella
View...Villa Pratolino: I
c. 1650
Stefano Della Bella
View...Villa Pratolino: II
c. 1650
Stefano Della Bella
View...Villa Pratolino: III
c. 1650
Stefano Della Bella
View...Villa Pratolino: IV
c. 1650
Stefano Della Bella
View...Villa Pratolino: V
c. 1650
Stefano Della Bella
View...Villa Pratolino: VI
c. 1650
Stefano Della Bella
Two Polish Riders, from the series Poles, Hungarians, Turks, and Negroes
c. 1650
Jean Lepautre
Fantastic Architectural Interior
17th century
Nicholas Perelle
Landscape with Classical Ruins
17th century
Jacques Callot
Village
17th century
Jacques Callot
Walled City
17th century
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Guercino
18th century
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Virtue and Fortitude Chasing Avarice
1740–45
Antonio Canaletto
Alle Porte del Dolo
c. 1742
Lorenzo Baldissera Tiepolo
St. Thecla Freeing the City of Este from the Plague
c. 1760
Jean Moyreau
La fontaine de Venus, plate 65 from the series Oeuvres de Philippe Wouwermens Hollandoi
1750
Gilles Demarteau
Seated Woman in Landscape
18th century
Gilles Demarteau
Portrait of Mlle. Michau
18th century
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Rear View of the Pronaos of the Temple of Neptune, plate XIV, from the volume Different Views of Paestum
1778
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Frontispiece, Plate I from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1745–49
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Frontispiece, Plate I from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Man on the Rack, Plate II from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
c. 1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Round Tower, Plate III from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Grand Piazza, Plate IV from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Lion Bas-Reliefs, Plate V from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Smoking Fire, Plate VI from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Drawbridge, Plate VII from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Staircase with Trophies, Plate VIII from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1760–69
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Giant Wheel, Plate IX from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1758–60
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Prisoners on a Platform, Plate X from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Arch with Shell Ornament, Plate XI from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1758–60
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Sawhorse, Plate XII from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Well, Plate XIII from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Gothic Arch, Plate XIV from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pier with a Lamp, Plate XV from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
The Pier with Chains, Plate XVI from the series Le Carceri (The Prisons)
1749
Unknown
Mausoleum of Hadrian, from Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae
1583
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Veduta del Palazzo Odescalchi
1753
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Altra Veduta del Tempio Della Sibilla, Tivoli
1761
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Villa of Maecenas at Tivoli
1763
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
View of the Via Appia Near Albano
1764
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Veduta della Cascata di Tivoli
1766
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
View of the Pronaos of Temple of Neptune, Paestum
1778
Antonio Tempesta
Landscape
n.d.
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Christ at Gethsemane with Saints Peter, James and John
n.d.
Rosso Fiorentino
Pluto with Cerberus at His Feet (verso: Mercury)
16th century
Unknown (Italian)
Two Female Figures
late 16th century
Luca Cambiaso
Penitent Magdalene
c. 1570–80
Unknown
Retouched counterproof of Parade of the Captured Chiefs
1600–8
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
Landscape with Tower (verso: River Scene with Boats)
17th century
Isaac de Moucheron
Landscape
1738
Louis Gauffier
Académie d’homme assis (Seated Male Nude)
1786
Wenceslaus Hollar
A Fur Muff
1647
Pieter van Laer
Peasant Leading Horse
17th century
Pieter van Laer
Horse Drinking
17th century
Pieter van Laer
Recalcitrant Horse
17th century
Pieter van Laer
Horse Tied to Tree
17th century
Pieter van Laer
Two Horses in Pasture
17th century
Pieter van Laer
Two Dead Horses
17th century
Cornelius Cort
Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh
1567
Jacques Bonnefoy d'Arles
Lot et ses filles (Lot and His Daughters)
late 18th century
Jacques Bonnefoy d'Arles
Samson et Dalila
n.d.
Nicholaes Berchem the Elder
Printing plate for Landscape with Figures
17th century
Nicholaes Berchem the Elder
Landscape with Figures
17th century
Nicholaes Berchem the Elder
Landscape with Figures
1982Suppport
Support is provided by the William T. Kemper Foundation and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.