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.
Marble sculpture woman veil.
Take a closer look and you ll realize that the veil isn t textile but rather marble.
Veiled figures usually carved from marble and suggesting a face or body partly obscured.
For years the translucent marble veil of this masterpiece has mystified people who have set eyes on it.
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.
And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone.
Secondly a veiled woman had become an allegory for italian unification.
And now at 56 he wanted a certain young woman demurely and paradoxically hiding behind a veil of stone.
The veiled rebecca or the veiled rebekah is a marble sculpture created by the italian neoclassical sculptor giovanni maria benzoni history and description.
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