Enjoy two full days of member-only access to Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection and see the exhibition before it opens to the public.
This expansive presentation will be held in three different spaces across the museum. Tickets are not required, but, for quick entry, be sure to keep your member card handy to scan into the galleries during this exclusive preview.
From large-scale figures of gods and goddesses to portraits of emperors and magnificent funerary monuments, Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection brings to North America, for the first time, a selection of 58 rarely seen ancient Roman sculptures from Italy’s storied Torlonia Collection.
Nearly half of these sculptures, which range in date from the 5th century BCE to the early 4th century CE, have been newly cleaned, conserved, and studied specifically for this exhibition, offering a rare opportunity to experience their first public presentation in decades.
The Torlonia Collection is not only the largest private collection of Roman marble sculptures in Italy, but it is also arguably the most important of such private collections in the world. Comprising 622 works and a wide range of sculptural types and subjects, its holdings rival those of major institutions in Europe, including the Capitoline and Vatican Museums.
Beginning in 2020, a series of exhibitions across Europe have brought selected highlights of the Torlonia Collection to public display once more. Myth and Marble debuts these masterpieces to a North American audience, presenting a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience these exceptional ancient sculptures and explore the fascinating stories they reveal about both their ancient pasts and their modern afterlives.
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Sponsors
Lead support for Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection is provided by Shawn M. Donnelley and Christopher M. Kelly.
Major funding is contributed by the Jaharis Family Foundation, the Boshell Family Foundation, Dwyer Brown and Nancy Reynolds, Marion Cameron-Gray, and two anonymous donors.
Members of the Luminary Trust provide annual leadership support for the museum’s operations, including exhibition development, conservation and collection care, and educational programming. The Luminary Trust includes an anonymous donor, Karen Gray-Krehbiel and John Krehbiel, Jr., Kenneth C. Griffin, the Harris Family Foundation in memory of Bette and Neison Harris, Josef and Margot Lakonishok, Ann and Samuel M. Mencoff, Sylvia Neil and Dan Fischel, Cari and Michael J. Sacks, and the Earl and Brenda Shapiro Foundation.
The works of the Torlonia Collection have been restored by the Torlonia Foundation with the support of Fondazione Bvlgari.
