Statue Marble Veil
This masterpiece is considered a part of the italian cultural image.
Statue marble veil. The work is housed in the palazzo barberini rome. La velata 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 has always been the most preferred material among sculptors even in the early times. It featured a marble net draped around the figure of a man.
This high quality marble offered the perfect canvas for carving veils a sculptural motif that was popular among strazza and his peers. The exact date of the statue s completion is unknown but it was probably in the early 1850s. The veiled christ italian. The veiled rebecca or the veiled rebekah is a marble sculpture created by the italian neoclassical sculptor giovanni maria benzoni.
And i m sure you are too. The veiled virgin is a carrara marble statue carved in rome by italian sculptor giovanni strazza 1818 1875 depicting the bust of a veiled virgin mary. But carving intertwining knots of a delicate net is much more laborious. For years the translucent marble veil of this masterpiece has mystified people who have set eyes on it.
Raffaelle monti the sleep of sorrow and the dream of joy 1861. Cristo velato is a 1753 marble sculpture by giuseppe sanmartino exhibited in the cappella sansevero naples. Those very same legends would also claim. La vestale tuccia or veiled woman italian.
The sculpture of the exquisitely veiled virgin mary was made from carrara marble in rome by the famous italian sculptor giovanni strazza. The veil gives the appearance of being translucent but in fact is carved of marble. The vestal virgin tuccia italian. Some stories claim sammartino covered his sculpture with a linen veil he managed to transform into marble by means of complex chemical alchemical processes.
Veiled christ is considered one of the world s most remarkable sculptures and legendarily thought to have been created by alchemy. The veiled virgin is the name of a piece of marble sculpture created by giovanni strazza an italian sculptor. Draperies and veils are challenging motifs to craft from a marble. As its name indicates this sculpture is a bust of the blessed virgin mary wearing a veil.