Marble Sculpture Woman Veil
Take a closer look and you ll realize that the veil isn t textile but rather marble.
Marble sculpture woman veil. 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. And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone. 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.
That s the marvel of the veiled virgin a 19 th century sculpture by italian artist giovanni strazza. Secondly a veiled woman had become an allegory for italian unification. The veiled lady a bust after the antique by monti 1875. The veiled rebecca or the veiled rebekah is a marble sculpture created by the italian neoclassical sculptor giovanni maria benzoni history and description.
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 i m sure you are too.