And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone.
Marble sculpture woman veil.
And i m sure you are too.
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.
Take a closer look and you ll realize that the veil isn t textile but rather marble.
Also known as the bride this sculpture was created by the italian sculptor raphaelle monti who came to live and work in england 1850.
That s the marvel of the veiled virgin a 19 th century sculpture by italian artist giovanni strazza.
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.
The veiled lady a bust after the antique by monti 1875.
For years the translucent marble veil of this masterpiece has mystified people who have set eyes on it.
Secondly a veiled woman had become an allegory for italian unification.