On the Road from Chatsworth to Sotheby’s: The Vestal Virgin
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Creating Unbelievable Sculptures Under A Marble Veil
The Veiled Virgin is a Carrara marble statue carved in Rome by Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza (1815–1878), depicting the bust of a veiled Virgin Mary. The exact date of the statue's completion is unknown, but it was probably in the early 1850s.