Veiled Christ

Sculpture by Giuseppe Sanmartino

Veiled Christ (Italian: Cristo velato) is a marble tomb effigy completed in 1753 by the Neapolitan artist Giuseppe Sanmartino. Carved from a single block of white marble, it depicts the body of Christ covered by a revealing translucent shroud or veil. The work was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro, a prince of Sansevero, as the centrepiece of the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, Italy.

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