Claims extracted
29
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 29 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
59/100
Times of India's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Economy/Business
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The face is calm, the lines are soft, and the veil is as translucent as it can get.
asserted
it → get → ?
The second look is accompanied by a question: how does a hard white stone turn into something that looks like cloth?
asserted
that → accompany → cloth
By the time that question settles, you have stopped asking it.
asserted
you → settle → it
You are just standing there, a little more amazed than before.
asserted
You → stand → ?
A marble sculpture of a woman wearing a veil was sold for €1.925 million (around €1.9 million) at an auction in Vienna on 20 October, setting a new world record for a work by the Italian Baroque sculptor Antonio Corradini.
asserted
sculpture → wear → sculptor
Several bidders in the saleroom and on the telephone tried their best to take home the highly coveted sculpture of a veiled lady, the auction house Dorotheum said.
asserted
house → try → lady
A face under a veil
The sculpture depicts a veiled woman carved in white marble.
asserted
sculpture → depict → marble
It stands 60 centimetres tall and is set on its own base.
asserted
It → stand → base
Veiled women were Corradini’s trademark, and this piece follows that pattern.
asserted
piece → follow → pattern
The veil falls over the face without hiding it.
asserted
veil → fall → it
The marble veil looks like soft fabric, demonstrating the patience, technique and artistry that went into the carving.
asserted
that → look → carving
Corradini was born in Venice in 1688.
asserted
Corradini → bear → 1688
Sculptures from his workshop reached Dresden and St Petersburg before he ever left Italy.
asserted
he → reach → Italy
His patrons included King Augustus the Strong and Tsar Peter the Great.
asserted
patrons → include → Augustus
Corradini later spent about a decade in Vienna as court sculptor to Emperor Charles VI.
asserted
Corradini → spend → VI
Some of his work still stands in the city.
asserted
Some → stand → city
A statue of Charles VI attributed to the artist can be found in the State Hall of the Austrian National Library.
asserted
statue → attribute → Library
The figures on the Marriage Fountain on the Hoher Markt are among his best-known works.
asserted
figures → know → works
Dorotheum now considers the veiled lady definitively attributable to Antonio Corradini.
asserted
lady → consider → Corradini
A plaster model of the same bust is kept at the Ca’ Rezzonico museum in Venice.
asserted
model → keep → Venice
Conservators recently restored it as part of the Save Venice project.
asserted
Conservators → restore → project
The model gives researchers something to compare with the marble.
asserted
model → give → marble
The auction drew interest from bidders in the saleroom and on the telephone.
asserted
auction → draw → telephone
None of those present in the room managed to take it home.
asserted
None → manage → it
“The bidding ultimately ended in favour of a telephone bidder,” the auction house said in a press release.
asserted
house → end → release
The price of €1.925 million set a new world record for Corradini and was far above the auction house’s estimate.
asserted
price → set → estimate
The sculpture had been estimated to fetch between €12,000 and €16,000.
asserted
sculpture → estimate → 12,000
The lucky buyer now owns a unique piece of art that looks lifelike.
asserted
that → own → art
Three centuries after it was carved, the sculpture still poses the same question to anyone who looks at it closely: how did someone make marble look like cloth?
asserted
marble → carve → cloth
The Aporia
