Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm red box to understand the play being

to understand the play being made

There is a fair amount of wear to the paint

A great one for greeting visitors near the front door

very early 19th c

I think the graphics are just terrific

Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm red box to understand the play beingI purchased this one from an antiques shop in southern Maine that has been the source of many an interesting thing, and she just called to me. I take her as an iteration of a "veiled lady" a subject that became popular in marble sculpture in the 18th century and reached a height of popularity in the form of veiled vestal virgins in the mid to late 19th c.; I had a Grand Tour example a year of two ago. There was a strong connection between these veiled