SHOW IS THE FIRST IN NEW YORK TO FOCUS ON LATE RENAISSANCE DRAWING IN ROME

Rome After Raphael Opens January 22, 2010

**Press Preview: Thursday, January 21, 2010, 10 a.m. until noon** RSVP: (212) 590.0393, E-mail Media

In the early 1500s, Rome's majesty was a distant memory: its marble temples and palaces had been ransacked; its population was a fraction of what it had been in antiquity. Yet, over the course of the next hundred years, the Eternal City would experience an amazing rebirth, as a series of popes rebuilt and revitalized Rome and its population doubled. At the center of this metamorphosis was an unprecedented influx of artistic talent and creative exchange.