Bust on an unknown female, possibly a Vestel Virgin

Bust on an unknown female with shaved head wrapped in headdress. Vestel Virgins, virgin acolytes at a Temple of Cassandra, or Lacedaemonian maidens all shaved their heads. From a precious stone. Testa incognita con cepelli rasi. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Acolyte Classical Mythology Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Heroine Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Maiden Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Precious Stone Regi Roman Myth Shaved Head Wrap

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