Because of its central location and the importance of the works exhibited in it, the Living Hall is the heart of The Frick Collection — its scale is more private and intimate than that of the grand West Gallery. Richly paneled in oak, this room has three large windows to the east and west that provide views into the Garden Court on one side and across the lawn to Fifth Avenue and Central Park on the other. Exhibited here are Bellini’s celebrated St. Francis in the Desert and five major sixteenth-century paintings by El Greco, Holbein, and Titian, along with an ensemble of Boulle furniture, Renaissance bronzes, porcelains, and a Persian carpet — a rich and characteristic sampling from the Collection.