A PAIR OF REGENCY STYLE BLACK AND GOLD-PAINTED VESTAL VIRGINS

IN THE MANNER OF HUMPHREY HOPPER

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A PAIR OF REGENCY STYLE BLACK AND GOLD-PAINTED VESTAL VIRGINS
IN THE MANNER OF HUMPHREY HOPPER
EACH DEPICTED STANDING WEARING A VEIL AND CLASSICAL DRAPED ROBES AND HOLDING A GOLD-PAINTED BOWL RAISED ON A CIRCULAR FAUX MARBRE PAINTED BASE
57IN. (145CM.) HIGH (2)

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THE VIRGINS WERE THE ATTENDANTS OF THE TEMPLE OF VESTA. THEIR MAIN RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO KEEP THE TEMPLE'S ALTAR FIRE BURING THEREBY PREVENTING MISFORTUNE FROM DESCENDING ON ROME.

A SIMILAR PAIR FIGURES SOLD SOTHEBY'S LONDON, 15 NOVEMBER 1996, LOT 1.

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