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Giovanni Maria Benzoni
Italian, 1809-1873

The Veiled Rebekah, 1864
Whit marble

Gift of Mrs. John B. Gordon, 27.23

This sculpture depicts the moment in the Book of
Genesis when Rebekah met her future husband,
Isaac. Out of modesty. Rebekah "took her veil and
covered herself."



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