Marble Statue Veil Corcoran Gallery

The veiled nun from original in marble.

Marble statue veil corcoran gallery.

The sculpture is made of carrara marble obtained from tuscany a material widely used among italian renaissance artists. America by hiram powers modeled 1850 1854 carved after 1854 corcoran gallery of art dsc01408 jpg 3 240 4 320. There is a political one the veil motif represents an artistic. William wilson corcoran purchased this sculpture the first of those in 1851.

The event that established the greek slave as one of america s most celebrated works of art was the 1847 1851 tour of two versions of the sculpture including mr. 1945 chit chat of society. Sculptor giuseppe croff is housed in the national gallery of art in washington d c. There s veiled statue here too fort worth star telegram february 11 1945.

Jun 30 2018 explore stuart jackson s board veiled sculptures on pinterest. The veiled woman was a popular subject in painting and sculpture during the second half of the 19th century and croff s handling of the diaphanous veil coyly reveals as much as it conceals. Despite its name the woman depicted is not a nun the bust was popular with visitors to the corcoran gallery of art in washington d c. See more ideas about sculptures sculpture art sculpture.

The veiled nun is a marble bust depicting a female figure that was sculpted by an unidentified italian workshop in c. Purchased in rome in 1873 by william wilson corcoran the work was prominently featured in the opening exhibition of the corcoran gallery of art in. Corcoran s around the eastern united states. At that point the corcoran s board and curator realized that they did not have enough artwork to fill the galleries so corcoran as well as members of the board went through their collections and selected.

Veiled figures carved out of marble by antonio corradini antonio corradini 1688 1752 was a venetian rococo sculptor. Corcoran kept the sculpture in the library of his home on lafayette square until just before the gallery opened to the public in 1874. From 1874 until the museum closed in 2014 the bust is now displayed in the national gallery of art. Nypg90 f110 nypl catalog id b number.

Media in category sculpture in the corcoran gallery of art the following 40 files are in this category out of 40 total. Corradini was born in venice and worked mainly in the veneto but also completed commissions across europe living for periods of his life in germany vienna and naples where he died shortly after completing modesty. Corcoran gallery of art.