Baroque Paintings for the Bedroom

Here are 30 Baroque paintings for the bedroom, painted between 1590 and 1742, with works by Claude Lorrain, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Peter Paul Rubens; the subjects they return to most are landscapes, and skies and weather. Soft landscapes, water, evening skies, sleeping figures and quiet interiors, in muted or cool palettes, lower the visual volume of the room.

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Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, Nicolas Poussin 30 × 40 in landscape print (76 × 102 cm), centered 72¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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30 Baroque paintings

Painting of Greek landscape, classical architecture, yellow, red robed man reading.

Nicolas Poussin Landscape with Saint John on Patmos, 1640 Art Institute of Chicago

Large painting of soldier asleep outdoors surrounded by two women and a cupid.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, Nicolas Poussin, 1658, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Blind Orion Searching for the Rising Sun, 1658 The Met

Italian Landscape, Claude Lorrain, c. 1630, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Italian Landscape, c. 1630 Cleveland Museum of Art

We look slightly down onto a port-side town along a canal, with a church across the water from us in this horizontal landscape painting. A bright blue sky with billowing white, pink, and gray clouds fills the top two-thirds of the painting.

Canaletto Entrance to the Grand Canal from the Molo, Venice, 1742/1744 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a wide country road seen from above. The horizon is halfway up the painting, showing the flat, green land meeting the blue sky. Far in the distance there are faint blue buildings, including a tall tower.

Jan Brueghel the Elder Wooded Landscape with Travelers, 1610 National Gallery of Art

The Ford, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1636, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain The Ford, possibly 1636 The Met

Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, Claude Lorrain, ca. 1639, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Pastoral Landscape: The Roman Campagna, ca. 1639 The Met

View of La Crescenza, Claude Lorrain, 1648–50, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain View of La Crescenza, 1648–50 The Met

Sunrise, Claude Lorrain, possibly 1646–47, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Sunrise, possibly 1646–47 The Met

We look through shadowed trees at a river winding into the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Annibale Carracci River Landscape, c. 1590 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a group of people gathered along the bank of a river that winds around a copse of tall trees to our left, past a hill to our right, and into the deep distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

Claude Lorrain Landscape with Merchants, c. 1629 National Gallery of Art

Harbour at Sunrise, Claude Lorrain, c. 1637 - c. 1638, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Harbour at Sunrise, c. 1637 - c. 1638 Rijksmuseum

Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Abandoned by Rinaldo, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1635, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens A Forest at Dawn with a Deer Hunt, ca. 1635 The Met

Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo and Armida in Her Garden, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1730–35, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Hyacinth, 1730–35 Art Institute of Chicago

St. Albert of Louvain, Peter Paul Rubens, 1620, oil on panel

Peter Paul Rubens St. Albert of Louvain, 1620 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Diego Velázquez, c. 1622, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, c. 1622 Art Institute of Chicago

Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, Annibale Carracci, ca. 1600, oil on copper

Annibale Carracci Saint John the Baptist Bearing Witness, ca. 1600 The Met

Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, Nicolas Poussin, ca. 1627, oil on canvas

Nicolas Poussin Midas Washing at the Source of the Pactolus, ca. 1627 The Met

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, Claude Lorrain, early 1640s, oil on canvas

Claude Lorrain Rest on the Flight into Egypt, early 1640s Cleveland Museum of Art

Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, c. 1742–45, oil on canvas

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Rinaldo and the Magus of Ascalon, c. 1742–45 Art Institute of Chicago

Ecce Agnus Dei, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1655, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Ecce Agnus Dei, c. 1655 Art Institute of Chicago

Virgin and Child, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c. 1670, oil on canvas

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Virgin and Child, c. 1670 Rijksmuseum

The Young Virgin, Francisco de Zurbarán, ca. 1632–33, oil on canvas

Francisco de Zurbarán The Young Virgin, ca. 1632–33 The Met

Portrait of Isabella Brant, Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1620–25, oil on wood

Peter Paul Rubens Portrait of Isabella Brant, c. 1620–25 Cleveland Museum of Art

The Capture of Samson, Peter Paul Rubens, 1609–10, oil on panel

Peter Paul Rubens The Capture of Samson, 1609–10 Art Institute of Chicago

Kitchen Scene, Diego Velázquez, 1618–20, oil on canvas

Diego Velázquez Kitchen Scene, 1618–20 Art Institute of Chicago

Two women with pale skin look out at us from the other side of a rectangular window opening with a shadowy interior behind them in this vertical painting.

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Two Women at a Window, c. 1655/1660 National Gallery of Art

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