For years the translucent marble veil of this masterpiece has mystified people who have set eyes on it.
Marble sculpture woman veil.
Also known as the bride this sculpture was created by the italian sculptor raphaelle monti who came to live and work in england 1850.
The veiled lady a bust after the antique by monti 1875.
Benzoni first executed the work in.
Secondly a veiled woman had become an allegory for italian unification.
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.
And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone.
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.