The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza

Felice Giani1802–05

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

High Priest raises stick over kneeling Vestal at right; at left, his staff leans against chair upon which lies paper roll. Statue of Vesta stands in rear.

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Title: The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
Creator: Felice Giani, Italian, 1758–1823
Date Created: 1802–05
Location Created: Italy
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper
Credit line: Museum purchase through gift of various donors

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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