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 editing :
Image web