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Object Type
print
Museum number
V,9.38
Description
The Vestal Virgins consulting the oracles, gathered around a flaming altar, after Ciro Ferri Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Pietro Aquila
After:
Ciro Ferri
Published by:
Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi
School/style
Italian
Production date
1670-1680
Production place
Published in:
Rome (city)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
445 millimetres
Width:
528 millimetres
(platemark)
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Subjects
divination
Associated names
Representation of:
Vestal Virgin
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Sir Hans Sloane
(probably)
Acquisition date
1753
Acquisition notes
with no indication of provenance on the verso, but probably from the same Sloane set as V,9.34 (qv)
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
V,9.38