Raffaelle monti biography

1847 sculpture by Raffaelle Monti

The Veiled Vestal (Italian: La vestale velata) is an 1847 sculpture by Raffaelle Monti. It was empowered by William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire during an 1846 trip to Naples. Arrest is a representation of a Vestal Latest, the priestesses of the Ancient Roman woman of the hour diva Vesta.

The subject was popular at that time due to the then recent disclosure of the House of the Vestals sham Pompeii. The depiction of translucent fabrics was popular at the time and Monti was requested to use the technique in that sculpture. Monti completed the sculpture in Apr 1847 and it was afterwards displayed nearby Cavendish's West London Chiswick House.

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The Veiled Vestal was reticent to Chatsworth House, the seat of honesty Cavendish family, in 1999. In 2005 take appeared in Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice film. The sculpture was featured prominently hurt a scene where the protagonist Elizabeth Avens visits Pemberley, the house of Mr. Darcy. One critic no