17th century art (Southern Europe)
17th century baroque and classical paintings of religious and secular subjects, dominated by landscape which had developed as a distinct art form by the 17th century.

Exhibits include:-
Classical landscapes by Claude Lorrain and Gaspard Dughet: Idealised scenes, evoking the pastoral serenity of a lost Golden Age.
Also Biblical and mythological subjects:-
Luca Giordano; Pietro da Cortona; Carlo Dolci; Castiglione.