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Veiled Christ (Italian: Cristo velato) is a carved marble sculpture completed in 1753 by the Neapolitan artist Giuseppe Sanmartino. It is formed from a single block of white marble, and was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro , a prince of Sansevero, as the centerpiece of the Cappella Sansevero , in Naples , Italy.
The Veiled Truth (Pudicizia, also called Modesty or Chastity) was completed by Antonio Corradini in 1752 as a tomb monument dedicated to Cecilia Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, mother of Raimondo. The 1753 Christ Veiled under a Shroud (also called Veiled Christ), by Giuseppe Sanmartino, shows the influence of the veiled Modesty.
Sanmartino's Veiled Christ on exhibit at the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, Italy. Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720 – 1793) was a prominent Italian sculptor in Naples during the late Baroque period who focused on religious sculptures. [1] [2] [3] His most famous work is the Veiled Christ (1753) in Sansevero Chapel in Naples. [1]
Modesty or Chastity (Italian: La Pudicizia) or Veiled Truth by Antonio Corradini is a sculpture completed in 1752 during the Rococo period. Corradini was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro to sculpt a memorial for his mother in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples , where the marble sculpture still remains.
Because the work in Sansevero Chapel was incomplete, Raimondo di Sangro commissioned Francesco Queirolo to oversee the remaining work based on Corradini's bozzetti. Starting from a bozzetto by Corradini that is now preserved in the Certosa di San Martino , another artist working on the project Giuseppe Sanmartino sculpted the Veiled Christ ...
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The veil gives the appearance of being translucent, but is carved of marble. The technique is similar to Giuseppe Sanmartino 's 1753 statue Veiled Christ in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples . The statue was transported to Newfoundland in 1856, as recorded on December 4 in the diary of Bishop John Thomas Mullock : "Received safely from Rome, a ...