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The Great Vestal buried alive - Giovanni David

Date :
Entre 1775 et 1790
Type of image :
Dessin à la plume
Dimensions (HxL cm) :
44.2x29.4 cm
Storage Location :
2009.346

Description

Vestals convicted of breaking their vow of chastity were condemned to be buried alive. The first to be condemned was Pinaria, under Tarquin the Elder (Denys of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities, III, 67).

History :

2. Juliana Cheney Edwards Collection.

Technical Data

Notice #024793

Image HD

Image editing :
Image web
Image Origin :
Collections en ligne du Museum of Fine Arts de Boston (https://collections.mfa.org)