Exhibition Review: “Myth and Marble” at the Art Institute of Chicago

Portrait of a Young Woman, known as the Maiden of Vulci, mid–1st century BCE. Roman, late Republican Period. Torlonia Collection, Rome.

A marble portrait bust of a young woman with short-cropped hair and a calm, slightly upward gaze, shown against a plain black background.

The Art Institute of Chicago recently unveiled “Myth and Marble,” featuring 58 ancient Roman sculptures from the famed Torlonia Collection.

Exhibition Review: “Myth and Marble” at the Art Institute of Chicago
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