A Roman Sacrifice

mid 16th century (Renaissance) Diam: 3 9/16 in. (9.1 cm) Citation Source image

Ten persons and a child are gathered around the flame burning on a round altar. They are in front of a temple, with the strange ornament of a profile head in a circular frame set as an "imago clipeata," in the pediment. Above on the left is a flying Victory.

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18950
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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