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Vestal Virgin
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Vestal Virgin

16th century

Medium

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, on white paper

Tags

Dimensions

7 x 4-7/16 in. (17.8 x 11.3 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880

Classification

Drawings

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About Giovanni Guerra

1540–1618

Brother of Gaspare (1560-1622) and Giovanni Battista (dates unknown), architects and painters. From 1575, member of the Accademia di San Luca in Rome. Giovanni worked with Domenico Fontana during the pontificate of Sixtus V and participated in the competition for the moving of the Vatican obelisk. Italian artist.