- Title:
- Statues of a Vestal and the Goddess Vesta; Vessels Sacred to Vesta
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1728
- Materials & Techniques:
- Engraving on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 1/4 × 8 7/8 inches (36.2 × 22.5 cm), Plate: 9 1/4 × 6 1/4 inches (23.5 × 15.9 cm), Image: 2 3/4 × 4 1/8 inches (7 × 10.5 cm), Image: 4 7/8 × 5 inches (12.4 × 12.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower left: "IR-784/396"; in blue colored pencil, lower left: "Ju6.01"; in graphite over the blue colored pencil, lower left: "n 001"
Stamped mark: Yale University Library
Lettered above image, upper left: "Plate. V."; upper right: "Vol. 1. Page. 63."; inside image, upper center: "A"; center: "D B"; lower center: "E"; lower right: "JUNONI | JUNIAE. C SILANI F. | TORQUATAE | SACERDOTI VESTAI | ANNIS LXIIII | CAELESTI PATRONAE | ACTIUS. L."; lower left: "C C"; below image, lower center: "A. A brazen Vase made to collect the rays of y^e Sun, in order to renew the Sacred Fire. B. | Vestal, 64 years of Age. C.C. A Lamp consecrated to Vesta. D. An Image of Vesta re= | presenting Fire by y^e Burning Torch she has in her hand; and representing the Earth, by | the two Lions at her Feet, and the Tower with which she is crowned. E. A Patera, or | vessel made to catch the Blood of y^e Victims offered up in Sacrifice. ---"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art; Yale University Art Gallery Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1984.21.396
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46318
- Export:
- XML
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Formerly James Clark, 19th century, Statues of a Vestal and the Goddess Vesta; Vessels Sacred to Vesta, 1728
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