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Lecture: Inventing History—How Restorations Shape What We Know about the Art of the Roman World
October 11, 2012
6:00PM–7:00PM
Price Auditorium
Free with museum admission
Jerry Podany, senior conservator of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum, examines and characterizes early restorations of Roman sculpture in the Art Institute’s collection.
Sponsored by the Community Associates
Roman. Portrait of Antinous, 2nd century A.D. Gift of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson.

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