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Room of Renaisence and Baroque Art

During the renaissance classical culture was reborn and education, literature, and art were revived.

"Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free." 
-Anne Sullivan (brainyquote.com)
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St. John the Evangelist by Domenichino. It is a Baroque painting from the late 1620's and is part of a private collection.
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Allegorical portrait of Dante by Bronzino. It is a Renaissance portrait from 1530 and is currently located in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
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Rembrandt's Mother Reading by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. It was painted around 1629 and is currently and is displayed in the Wilton House in Wiltshire, England.
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Quintilia Fischieri by Federico Barocci. It is a Renaissance painting created around 1600 and is currently in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC.
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Saint Anne Teaching the Virgin to Read by Juan de Roelas. It was painted around 1610 and is currently in the Museum of Fine Arts, Seville, Spain.
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The Annunciation by Fra Angelico. It was created around 1450 and now in the Prado in Madrid.
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