Marble Statue Veil Corcoran Gallery

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Marble statue veil corcoran gallery.

1945 chit chat of society. The veiled nun from original in marble. Media in category sculpture in the corcoran gallery of art the following 40 files are in this category out of 40 total. The sculpture is made of carrara marble obtained from tuscany a material widely used among italian renaissance artists.

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. There is a political one the veil motif represents an artistic. The veiled nun is a marble bust depicting a female figure that was sculpted by an unidentified italian workshop in c.

Sculpture corcoran gallery of art nuns genres stereographs photographs physical description albumen prints type of resource still image identifiers rlin oclc. Nypg90 f110 nypl catalog id b number. Corcoran gallery of art. Sculptor giuseppe croff is housed in the national gallery of art in washington d c.

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. William wilson corcoran purchased this sculpture the first of those in 1851. It was previously housed in the corcoran gallery of art. From 1874 until the museum closed in 2014 the bust is now displayed in the national gallery of art.

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. There s veiled statue here too fort worth star telegram february 11 1945. Corcoran kept the sculpture in the library of his home on lafayette square until just before the gallery opened to the public in 1874. Corcoran s around the eastern united states.

The corcoran gallery of art catalogue. America by hiram powers modeled 1850 1854 carved after 1854 corcoran gallery of art dsc01408 jpg 3 240 4 320. 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.