Phigment comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 112 - Less Wrong
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I don't recall invisible shields, but it's certainly plausible.
We've also seen him just flatly stop curse bolts in midair and then flick them away, without apparent shielding or obvious effort. He's got defense options like Smaug has gold coins.
If killing him was easy, someone would have done it before. Even though he had horcruxes, it's telling that he never actually had to respawn from one until he tried juggling dynamite and blew his own self up.
From Ch. 74. It's not clear to me whether the shield was invisible until struck or if he put it up very quickly and silently.
This.
For what it's worth, the visual effect is that of an AT Field from Evangelion, which is normally invisible until struck.