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Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835) The Death of Liccio Dentato; The Death of Paolo Emilio at the Battle of Cannae; Philoctetes threatens Odysseus, but is restrained by Neoptolemus; and The Vestal Virgin, Floronia about to enter her tomb 62.1 x 90.6cm (24 7/16 x 35 11/16in); 61.9 x 93.2cm (24 3/8 x 36 11/16in).; 51.7 x 64.5cm (20 3/8 x 25 3/8in).; 52.7 x 69cm (20 3/4 x 27 3/16in). (4) image 1

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Bartolomeo Pinelli
(Rome 1781-1835)
The Death of Liccio Dentato; The Death of Paolo Emilio at the Battle of Cannae; Philoctetes threatens Odysseus, but is restrained by Neoptolemus; and The Vestal Virgin, Floronia about to enter her tomb 62.1 x 90.6cm (24 7/16 x 35 11/16in); 61.9 x 93.2cm (24 3/8 x 36 11/16in).; 51.7 x 64.5cm (20 3/8 x 25 3/8in).; 52.7 x 69cm (20 3/4 x 27 3/16in). (4)

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5 December 2018, 14:00 GMT

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Bartolomeo Pinelli (Rome 1781-1835)

The Death of Liccio Dentato; The Death of Paolo Emilio at the Battle of Cannae; Philoctetes threatens Odysseus, but is restrained by Neoptolemus; and The Vestal Virgin, Floronia about to enter her tomb
the former signed, inscribed and dated 'Pinelli invent fece 1812 Roma' (lower left)
four of a set, pen, brown ink and wash on paper
62.1 x 90.6cm (24 7/16 x 35 11/16in); 61.9 x 93.2cm (24 3/8 x 36 11/16in).; 51.7 x 64.5cm (20 3/8 x 25 3/8in).; 52.7 x 69cm (20 3/4 x 27 3/16in). (4)

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Private Collection, Europe, for at least 50 years

The Vestal Virgin, Floronia (circa 240 – 216 BC) was convicted of fornication and buried alive. An aquatint of this subject appears in Alessandro Verri's Le notti romane al sepolcro degli Scipioni. An aquatint of the Death of Lucius Siccius Dentatus (circa 450 BC) was illustrated in Oliver Goldsmith's The Roman History from the Foundations of the City of Rome to the Destruction of the Western Empire.

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