Portrait of a Young Woman as a Vestal Virgin, 1767, Oil on canvas, 31 1/2 x 24 7/8 in. (80 x 63. 2 cm), Paintings, Francois Hubert Drouais (French, Paris 1727?1775 Paris), It was not uncommon to depict portrait sitters in the guise of a vestal virgin: many young women were shown in this guise when they were about to marry. The vestals were Roman guardians of the hearth and house who were chosen for their youth and purity; hence the presence of what might have been a table but is instead a brazier