TitleVestal Virgin
Artist
Thomas Pritchard Rossiter
(1818 - 1871)
Daten.d.
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 29 × 24 1/8 in.
SignedSigned lower left: "Rossiter"
SubmissionNA diploma presentation, July 2, 1849
Credit LineNational Academy of Design, New York, NY
Object number1103-P
Label TextIn ancient Rome the Vestal Virgins were responsible for tending the sacred fire carried from Troy by Aeneas. This painting is a departure from Rossiter's historical and religious compositions. It is probably the same as a painting of the same title which was painted by Rossiter in Rome and exhibited at the Academy's nineteenth annual exhibition in 1844.
