Veiled Christ
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title:
Veiled Christ
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Veiled Christ 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. It is regarded as Sanmartino’s masterpiece, largely due to the rendering of the transparent veil, and thus considered one of the world's most remarkable sculptures. Due to its life-like representation of the body
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1753 sculpture by Giuseppe Sanmartino
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veiled_Christ
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2024-03-09T23:36:47Z
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