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Public domain art of the day: two views of "The Vestal" - marble statue by Claude Michel aka Clodion (ca. 1770)

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"Known for playfully sensuous terracotta nymphs and satyrs, Clodion also portrayed more serious subjects from Classical myth and history. An ancient draped figure at the Uffizi in Florence, then known as a vestal, inspired him during a stay in Italy to make several statuettes of a priestess of the Roman hearth goddess Vesta, pouring out oil to feed the sacred fire. This example of the popular theme was carved in Rome, probably as a commission from Empress Catherine II (the Great) of Russia."

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Sources:

"Known for playfully sensuous terracotta nymphs and satyrs, Clodion also portrayed more serious subjects from Classical myth and history. An ancient draped figure at the Uffizi in Florence, then known as a vestal, inspired him during a stay in Italy to make several statuettes of a priestess of the Roman hearth goddess Vesta, pouring out oil to feed the sacred fire. This example of the popular theme was carved in Rome, probably as a commission from Empress Catherine II (the Great) of Russia."

https://www.nga.gov/artworks/41714-vestal

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clodion,_A_Vestal,_1770,_NGA_41714.jpg

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Vestal_MET_149345.jpg