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Vestal Making Sacrifice at Altarcirca 1870

Not on view
Circular relief medallion in cream and gray against a dark blue-black ground, framed in a beaded brass border and mounted on a walnut panel, depicting a draped classical female figure reaching toward a smoking tripod brazier

Unknown, Vestal Making Sacrifice at Altar, circa 1870, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Laurie and Peter Fusco, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Vestal Making Sacrifice at Altar
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1870
Medium
Painted plaster on a square frame with gilt bronze and glass cover
Dimensions
Diameter: 5 5/16 in. (13.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Laurie and Peter Fusco
Accession Number
M.88.217
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture