Reviving Antiquity: Artists and Their Study of Ancient Rome September 1, 2009

The exhibition highlights the interest of 18th- and 19th-century painters and sculptors in the art of ancient Rome. Recent acquisitions on view include Harriet Hosmer's sculpture Zenobia in Chains, Francois-Andre Vincent's painting Arria and Paetus and four prints of architectural fantasies base on Roman ruins by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.