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Imaginary ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta: in the center is the great altar on which the Vestal Virgins preserved the inextinguishable sacred fire...
Giovanni Battista Piranesicirca 1743
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, United States
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- Title: Imaginary ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta: in the center is the great altar on which the Vestal Virgins preserved the inextinguishable sacred fire...
- Creator: Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Date Created: circa 1743
- Location: Italy
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/16 x 13 3/4 in. (45.88 x 34.93 cm); plate: 16 x 10 3/16 in. (40.64 x 25.88 cm)
- Medium: Etching with engraving and drypoint
- Series Title: Prima Parte di Architetture e Prospettive, plate 15
- Object Classification: Prints
- Full Title: Imaginary ancient temple designed in the style of those built in honor of the Goddess Vesta: in the center is the great altar on which the Vestal Virgins preserved the inextinguishable sacred fire...
- Curatorial Area: Prints and Drawings
- Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Patricia and Michael Forman
- Chronology: 1701-1750
- Artwork Accession Number: AC1995.54.1.5
- Alternative Titles: Tempio antico inventato e disegnato alla maniera di quelli che si fabbricavano in onore della Dea Vesta: quindi vedesi in mezzo la grand' Ara, sopra della quale conversavasi dalle Vergini Vestali l'inestinguibile fuoco sacro...
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