Veiled Rebecca

The Veiled Rebecca (or The Veiled Rebekah, or The Veiled Lady) is a marble sculpture by Italian neoclassical style by the sculptor Giovanni Maria Benzoni in 1863. It depicts a biblical figure of Rebecca placed on a marble pedestal.

Originally several copies of the sculpture were made by Benzoni in two different sizes. Presently, location of five sculptures are identified - High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, listed in the catalog as The Veiled Rebekah and dated 1864, Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Dated c. 1866,Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (This smaller version (113 cm tall) is listed in the catalog as The Veiled Lady and dated 1872), Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India. Dated 1876 (three years after Benzoni's death). Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois.) The one located in Detroit Institute of Arts, is the smaller version.

The statue was described in a 19th-century English art journal: "Benzoni, the fa…

摘自英文维基百科「Veiled Rebecca」（CC BY-SA 4.0），暂时没有中文条目。