How has a masterpiece of sculpture been hiding in plain sight in a convent in far flung Newfoundland? Click here to go to the article in AirMail News.
Summary: Giovanni Strazza’s The Veiled Virgin—a masterful 1850s Carrara‑marble sculpture—has spent nearly two centuries hidden inside the Presentation Convent in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Purchased in Rome by Bishop John Mullock and shipped in 1856, it was later gifted to his sister, a nun at the convent, where it remained unseen by the public for more than 150 years. The statue is celebrated for its astonishing veiled‑marble technique, where light penetrates the stone to create a translucent, fabric‑like effect. Despite being considered one of the world’s great sculptures, it remains little‑known locally and is scarcely promoted by tourism authorities.