The Veiled Nun is a marble bust depicting a female figure, sculpted by an unidentified Italian workshop c. 1863.

The bust was popular with visitors to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., from 1874 until the museum closed in 2014.

Notable examples include works by Antonio Corradini and Giuseppe Sanmartino in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, and by the Florentine Innocenzo Spinazzi.

[4] Two other busts that appear to be derived from the same model are at the National Museum of Serbia and Laurier House in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

[4] The bust was purchased for $300 in 1863 by American banker and art collector William Wilson Corcoran during a visit to Rome.