Marble Statue Veiled Face

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.

Marble statue veiled face.

Received safely from rome a beautiful statue of the blessed virgin mary in marble by strazza he wrote. The veiled lady a bust after the antique by monti 1875. Some stories claim sammartino covered his sculpture with a linen veil he managed to transform into marble by means of complex chemical alchemical processes. It is a perfect gem of art its relocation was also enthusiastically documented by a local newspaper the newfoundlander.

For years the translucent marble veil of this masterpiece has mystified people who have set eyes on it. Antonio corradini 1688 1752 was a venetian rococo sculptor best known for his otherworldly veiled figures carved out of marble. To say that this representation surpasses in perfection of art any piece of sculpture we have ever seen conveys but weakly our impression. The effect is an illusion of.

The face is veiled and the figure and features are all seen. That s the marvel of the veiled virgin a 19 th century sculpture by italian artist giovanni strazza. The effect is an illusion of course enabled by translucent marble and a sly composition. Received safely from rome a beautiful statue of the blessed virgin mary in marble by strazza.

A veiled vestal virgin raffaelle monti 1818 1881 marble 1846 1847 all visits to chatsworth must be pre booked as part of our coronavirus safety measures protecting visitors and staff. It is a perfect gem of art. In his diary mullock praised his new acquisition. 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.

The face is veiled and the figure and features are all seen. Take a closer look and you ll realize that the veil isn t textile but rather marble.