Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand Sculpted of black clay

Sculpted of black clay

Framed: 14 1/4" x 12 1/4"

Some light rippling to the pith paper

image is 5 1/2" x 3 7/8"

Large Carved Marble Veiled Woman Sculpture with Raised Arm schoenut circus stand Sculpted of black clayI 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