Category: ETERNAL

Statue of ‘Lady Godiva’, by John Thomas’ 1861. This beautiful sculpture is located at the Maidstone Museum in Kent, England, photo via Rahul Rana.

https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Lady-Godiva/

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Bust of a Nymph, 1860, by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier (1827 – 1905).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Cordier

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Charles_Henri_Joseph_Cordier

Bust of Marie Antoinette by Louis-Simon Boizot, France, Sevres. 1774-1782, Hermitage Museum.

http://hermitage–www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/?lng=en

The Veiled Virgin is statue carved by Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza (1818-1875), depicting the bust of a veiled Blessed Virgin Mary. This statue was executed in flawless Carrera marble by the renowned Italian sculptor in Rome. The exact date of the statue’s completion is unknown.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Veiled_Virgin

‘Amore e Psiche’ – Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (1788-1793) by Antonio Canova, Louvre Museum.

https://www.louvre.fr/en

‘David’ is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture created between 1501 and 1504 by Michelangelo. It depicts the Biblical story of David and Goliath. The statue was moved to the Galleria dell’Accademia, in Florence, Italy, in 1873.

www.accademia.org

Apollo and Daphne (Apollo e Daphne) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1622-25, located at the Borghese Gallery, Italy.

www.galleriaborghese.it/en/

La Pietà, a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1499, St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

https://www.vaticanstate.va/content/vaticanstate/en/monumenti/basilica-di-s-pietro.html

Photo by Napoli per quartiere via Flickr.

The Veiled Truth (Modesty – La Pudicizia) by Antonio Corradini, Marble,  1751, Naples, Italy.

Photos via https://www.atlantedellarteitaliana.it/

https://www.museosansevero.it/it/

Cristo Velato (Veiled Christ) by Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753, Cappella Sansevero, Naples.

https://www.museosansevero.it/en