In ancient Rome, the Vestal Virgins or Vestals (Latin: Vestālēs, singular Vestālis [wɛsˈtaːlɪs]) were priestesses of Vesta, virgin goddess of Rome's sacred...
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The Vestal Virgin Tuccia (Italian: La Vestale Tuccia) or Veiled Woman (Italian: La Velata) is a marble sculpture created in 1743 by Antonio Corradini...
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Devonshire during an 1846 trip to Naples. It is a representation of a Vestal Virgin, the priestesses of the Ancient Roman goddess Vesta. The subject was...
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Rossi and Raffaelle Monti. Vestal Virgin Tuccia, 1743 sculpture Modesty, 1752 sculpture Veiled Christ, 1753 sculpture Veiled Vestal 1847 sculpture The Veiled...
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which Corradini based Modesty is his Vestal Virgin Tuccia, sculpted in Rome in 1743. Pudicitia Veil of Isis Vestal Virgin Tuccia, 1743 sculpture Veiled Christ...
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Tarpeia (category Vestal Virgins)
century BCE), daughter of the Roman commander Spurius Tarpeius, was a Vestal Virgin who betrayed the city of Rome to the Sabines at the time of their women's...
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The Vestal Virgin is an oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David. Its date is unknown, but Antoine Schnapper estimates it between...
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Vesta (mythology) (category Virgin goddesses)
priestesses of Vesta, known as Vestal Virgins, administered her temple and sustained its sacred fire. The existence of Vestal Virgins in Alba Longa is connected...
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Tuccia (category Vestal Virgins)
Tuccia (3rd-century BC), was an ancient Roman Vestal Virgin. Its supposed by her nomen that she belonged to the Gens Tuccia. She is known for an incident...
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bride. Alice Lamanna as Cornelia, Antonia and Marsus' daughter and a Vestal Virgin of Rome. Victor von Schirach as Passus, Domitian's extravagant games...
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