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

IN THE MANNER OF HUMPHREY HOPPER

细节
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)

拍品专文

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.