"Veiled Lady by Rafaello Monti, c.1860, held by the Minneapolis Institute of Arts"Via Stuff about Minneapolis.
Reposted from 2016 to add this remarkable marble work:
"Deception" (Il Disinganno), by Francesco Queirolo, carved from a single block of marble in 1752-59. shows a fisherman being released from a net by an angel. It's hard for me to conceive of the superhuman skill involved in carving that netting from marble.
I saw that a bunch of years ago in DC and it is even more incredible in person.
ReplyDeletenicely done!!!
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I am in awe of the artistic talent shown here..
ReplyDeleteJust plain wow ...
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Where is it in DC? Likely candidate is west wing of the (Smithsonian) Natn'l Gallery of Art... Wikipedia says Naples, though.
ReplyDeleteUnless anon was referring to the veiled lady. Perhaps it traveled here (DC).
In 2016 anon was referring to the Veiled Lady sculpture.
DeleteAwe-inspiring!! I've always loved the veiled lady ~ but that fish net is unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteAstounding indeed! I bet it's just a real net sprayed with InstaMarb® ;)
Deleteahahahah actually there are legends about the owner of the Cappella Sansevero (The Church in Naples where the Disinganno statue is) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimondo_di_Sangro
DeleteHe was said to be an alchemist who created this InstaMarb like potion hahahah! Mainly because in the Cappella there are two other veiled statues http://www.museosansevero.it/images/gallery/1_cristo_velato2.jpg and https://internettuale.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/antonio-corradini-la-pudicizia-cappella-sansevero-napoli-scultura-storia-dellarte-frontale-internettuale.jpg
and two anatomical models which are said to be real instamarbled people... http://www.napolidavivere.it/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/macchine-anatomiche-cappella-sansevero.jpg (warning kind of graphic content)
Sansevero chapel is a pretty fascinating place
More details here http://www.madeinsouthitalytoday.com/cappella-sansevero.php
DeleteThe Veiled Christ, 1753 AD https://t.co/hARlQHvuEV
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