Reviving Antiquity: Francois-Andre Vincent, Harriet Hosmer and Giovanni Battista Piranesi will showcase six recent acquisitions to the Museum's collection.
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 Poetus and four prints of architectural fantasies base on Roman ruins by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
These works of art are on view together with other seldom-seen examples of 18th- and 19th-century art based on antique models. Works in the Museum's collection have been supplemented with loans from a private collection.
The picture shows Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian, 1720–1778; The Skeletons, from the series Grotteschi, c.1747, published 1750; etching, engraving, and drypoint; plate: 15 1/2 x 21 5/16 inches, sheet: 20 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches; Saint Louis Art Museum, Director's Discretionary Fund, and funds given by Brian Catlin, Loring Catlin, Leigh French, and Doris Yates 23:2008
Curated by Judith Mann, curator of European Art to 1800, Reviving Antiquity will be on view in Gallery 204 through September 27, 2009. -- www.stlouis.art.museum
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