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The Veiled Christ (Cristo Velato) is one of the most famous works of art in Naples. Carved in the late 1700s by Giuseppe Sanmartino, this glorious statue is the centerpiece of the Sansevero Chapel (Cappella Sansevero) tucked in the warren of lanes in Naples' bustling historic center.
Disillusion | Le statue | Museo Cappella Sansevero. Online tickets. Francesco Queirolo, 1753-54. Queirolo’s masterwork is without question Disillusion, dedicated by Raimondo di Sangro to his father Antonio, Duke of Torremaggiore. After the premature death of his wife, Antonio led an eventful and disordered life, entrusting his son to the care ...
The. Vault. Signed and dated by Francesco Maria Russo, the fresco – known as the Glory of Heaven or the di Sangro Paradise – is one of the first works that the Prince of Sansevero commissioned for the Chapel. We have little information about the artist, but archive sources confirm that Russo had already come into contact with di Sangro in ...
The Sansevero Chapel houses the famous Veiled Christ, one of the greatest masterpieces of sculpture of all time, not only in Italy but worldwide.
Self-control is a statue designed by Queirolo but which he could not make, because his relationship with the Prince of Sansevero soured, as evidenced by the signature of Francesco Celebrano on a document stating that he was a sculptor and not an inventor. The symbol of the strength of character of the deceased, “never defeated by hostile ...
The Sansevero Chapel houses the Anatomical Machines, also known as Anatomical Studies, made by the Palermo doctor Giuseppe Salerno.
Scopri la scultura The Princes of Sansevero, capolavoro che potrai ammirare in prima persona prenotando la tua visita presso il Museo Cappella Sansevero.
