| The Veiled Rebecca | |
|---|---|
| Italian: Rebecca Velata | |
 The Veiled Rebecca displayed at the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India | |
| Artist | Giovanni Maria Benzoni |
| Year | 1863 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | Marble |
| Dimensions | 160 cm × 58 cm × 50 cm (64 in × 23 in × 19.5 in) |
The Veiled Rebecca or The Veiled Rebekah is a 19th century sculpture carved out of marble in Italian neoclassical style by the sculptor Giovanni Maria Benzoni.The sculpture is also referred as The Veiled Lady in several records. It depicts a biblical figure of Rebecca placed on a marble pedestal.[1]
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,[2] Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts Dated c. 1866,[3]Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan (This smaller version (113 cm tall) is listed in the catalog as The Veiled Lady and dated 1872),[4] Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad, India. Dated 1876 (three years after Benzoni's death).[5] Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon, Illinois.[6]) The one located in Detroit Institute of Arts, is the smaller version.[7]
The statue was described in a 19th-century English art journal: "Benzoni, the fashionable Roman sculptor, whose studio has been visited by a number of crowned heads, exhibits in his suite of showrooms, several replicas in different sizes of his Diana, his veiled Rebecca before her meeting with Isaac, the 'Four Seasons', etc."[8]
- ^ Darr, Alan P.; Roney, Lara Lea (2020-01-01). "The Reach of Antonio Canova's "Angelic Hand": A New Acquisition and Reflections of Canova's Legacy in European Neoclassical Sculpture". Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 94 (1): 74–91. doi:10.1086/714902. ISSN 0011-9636.
- ^ "The Veiled Rebekah". High Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "Sculpture". Bershire Museum. Archived from the original on December 7, 2011. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "The Veiled Lady". Detroit Institute of Arts. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "Veiled Rebekah". Museums of India. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ "Creativity redefined: Founders of Cedarhurst Center for the Arts bestowed an appreciation of fine art". Life & Style in Southern Illinois. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ^ Darr, Alan P.; Roney, Lara Lea (2020-01-01). "The Reach of Antonio Canova's "Angelic Hand": A New Acquisition and Reflections of Canova's Legacy in European Neoclassical Sculpture". Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts. 94 (1): 74–91. doi:10.1086/714902. ISSN 0011-9636.
- ^ MH 1872, p. 132.