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Drawing, The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Felice Giani. It is dated 1802–05 and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.
Its dimensions are
17.3 x 14.9 cm (6 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.) matted w/ -3452 Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: bottom segment of a cut-off number; on temple frieze: VESTA; lower center: Il sommo sacerdote castiga una/ vestaleche a pecato
Cite this object as
Drawing, The High Priest Punishes a Vestal Virgin, Sala di Numa Pompilius, Palazzo Milzetti, Faenza; Designed by Felice Giani (Italian, 1758–1823); Italy; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on white laid paper; 17.3 x 14.9 cm (6 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.) matted w/ -3452 Mat: 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-3456
