Marble Sculpture Woman Veil

Veiled figures usually carved from marble and suggesting a face or body partly obscured.

Marble sculpture woman veil.

Benzoni first executed the work in. Take a closer look and you ll realize that the veil isn t textile but rather marble. The veiled rebecca or the veiled rebekah is a marble sculpture created by the italian neoclassical sculptor giovanni maria benzoni history and description. Veiled figures usually carved from marble and suggesting a face or body partly obscured behind fabric had first become popular a hundred years earlier in the 1700s.

Also known as the bride this sculpture was created by the italian sculptor raphaelle monti who came to live and work in england 1850. And i m sure you are too. The veiled lady a bust after the antique by monti 1875. A larger than life marble sculpture created in 1743 by antonio corradini the vestal virgin tuccia veiled woman artistantonio corradini year1743 typesculpture mediummarble dimensions230 cm locationpalazzo barberini rome the vestal virgin tuccia or veiled woman is a larger than life marble sculpture created in 1743 by antonio corradini a venetian rococo sculptor known for his illusory depictions of female allegorical figures covered with veils that reveal the fine details of the forms beneath.

And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone. For years the translucent marble veil of this masterpiece has mystified people who have set eyes on it.