Situated at the crossroads of Mediterranean trade routes, the Etruscans were avid importers of Greek vases with figural decoration. Many of these vessels survive today because they were buried with ...

Having worked as a bank clerk in Paris, Victor Dubreuil moved to the United States in 1882, possibly to escape charges that he had stolen money from his employer. In New York he established himself as ...

The front of this coin portrays the emperor Tiberius, wearing a crown of laurels and facing right. On the back, the empress Livia is portrayed seated and holding a sceptre.

Martin Schongauer conceived the Angel and the Virgin of the Annunciation as two separate engravings, forming a type of diptych. The angel Gabriel and the Virgin Mary often appeared against a dark ...

The front of this coin depicts a palm tree, the back depicts a horse’s head.

Denise Garder is chair of the Art Institute of Chicago’s board of trustees. Her history with the museum dates back to 1995, when she began her decades-long involvement with the Leadership Advisory ...

This bronze and enamel clock originally came to New York in about 1880 shortly after it had been made in Paris by the firm L’Escalier de Cristal (The Crystal Staircase). It had been acquired for the ...

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The front of this coin depicts the head of a Gorgon. The back features a simple, geometric design. The Art Institute of Chicago, “New Coins in the Classical Collection,” Bulletin of the Art Institute ...

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Singer for the Monkey Band, c. 1765 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Drummer for the Monkey Band, c. 1765 Meissen Porcelain Manufactory Violinist for the Monkey Band, c.

George Cope was commissioned in 1887 by his friend Levi McCauley of West Chester, Pennsylvania, to commemorate Major McCauley’s service in the Civil War. He depicted the ensemble of military artifacts ...