An extraordinary collection of ancient Roman bronze votive statuettes discovered at a Tuscan spa town in November 2022 and likened to the world-famus Riace Bronzes is set to form the centre-piece of a major upcoming exhibition on the Etruscans in the United States.
The statuettes, which were found at San Casciano dei Bagni and have revealed hitherto unknown links between the Etruscan and Roman worlds, will star in "The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy," a major exhibition of approximately 200 works from 30 international museums, which will open on May 2, 2026, at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, before traveling to the San Antonio Museum of Art in Texas.
It will be only the second trip outside Italy for the San Casciano pieces, which have just come back from a stellar exhibition in Berlin.
Many of the San Casciano highlights will be included in the exhibition, curated by Renée Dreyfus, director of the Fine Arts Museums' ancient art section.
Among the other most important loans are the grave goods from the Regolini-Galassi tomb in Cerveteri, one of the richest burials in the Etruscan world, coming from the Gregorian Etruscan Museum.
