Virgins making a sacrifice to the Roman goddess Vesta

Virgins making a sacrifice at an altar to the Roman goddess Vesta. Priestesses in laurel crowns bring a torch and a platter of flames. Other Vestals play music on a lyre and wave blossom branches. Vestalium Sacrificium. Copperplate engraving after an illustration by Joachim von Sandrart from his L'Academia Todesca, della Architectura, Scultura and Pittura, oder Teutsche Academie, der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Kunste, German Academy of Architecture, Sculpture and Painting, Jacob von Sandrart, Nuremberg, 1675

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