Collection · 41 prints
The Veil
A face half seen
The Veil: paintings and prints of women wearing veils, shawls, headscarves and mantillas, with the face partly covered or framed by cloth.
Artists include Odilon Redon (Symbolist works, 1890–1910), Théodore Jacques Ralli (Ottoman sitters, 1877–1886), Franz Xaver Kosler, Jean-Léon Gérôme (Veiled Circassian Beauty, 1876), John Singer Sargent (Smoke of Ambergris, 1880), Joaquín Sorolla and Henri Matisse (Woman with a Veil, 1927). The collection also has Amrita Sher-Gil's Group of Girls (1935), Indian miniatures and Kalighat paintings, and a Korean genre painting by Sin Yun-bok (1805).
The selection shows how artists from Europe, India and Korea painted fabric over the face and head, and the light passing through it.
The quiet portraits and soft palettes suit bedrooms, dressing areas and hallways, and work well hung in pairs. All prints are museum-quality reproductions, available unframed or framed with low-glare acrylic glazing, with free shipping and import duties covered.
