The Vestal Virgin Tuccia and her Sieve Before the River God Tiber
Maker
(artist)
1523-1605
(printmaker)
1571-1633
(publisher)
1537-1612
1523-1605
(printmaker)
1571-1633
(publisher)
1537-1612
Title
The Vestal Virgin Tuccia and her Sieve Before the River God Tiber
Dimensions
Height: 21.8 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Width: 28.2 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2373
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Tuccia
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: within image, lower: “Ioan. Strad. inven. / Theodor. Galle / Sculpsit. Phls Galle excud. //”; lower margin: “Da pater illaesi testem, Tyberine, pudoris / Te mihi, Vestalemq3 tuo de gurgite numpham / Arguat vnda ream cribro contenta, nefando / Delatam indicio, prius haec non visa ferentem / Pontifices portenta foro mirentur, et omnis / Posteritas, purgetq3 suo se Tucia cribro. //”; left, lower margin, graphite: “The River God Tiber with the Urn & the vestal Tuccia / Hall 397 / Theodor Galle artist Stradanus //”; lower margin, typed: “J. STRADANUS //”.
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