At last I have found a photo of my favourite statue- the veiled vestal at Chatsworth House
The 6th Duke of Devonshire ordered the Veiled Vestal statue when he visited Raffaele Monti's Milan studio in October 1846. The statue, which is carved from three pieces of statuary marble, was delivered to England in the following year, most probably to the Duke's house at Chiswick, London. It came here as recently as 1999 from another property owned by the Duke at Eastbourne, in Sussex, England.
The realistic veil is the result of straightforward carving of the marble, making use of its translucency to achieve its effect.
Quite breathtaking!
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