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Cappella Sansevero
An exuberantly baroque chapel in Naples
Cappella SanseveroVia F. de Sanctis 19 (near Piazza S. Domenico Maggiore)
tel. +39-081-551-8470
www.museosansevero.it
Open Wed–Sat and Mon 10am–5:40pm, Sun 10am–1:30pm
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• Naples City and Pompeii Half Day Sightseeing Tour
• Naples City Hop-on Hop-off Tour
• Small Group Naples City Sightseeing Tour
Tours to Pompeii & Vesuvius:
• Mt Vesuvius and Pompeii Day Trip from Naples
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• Naples City and Pompeii Half Day Sightseeing Tour
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Sammartino's Cristo Vellato in the Museo Cappella Sansevero of NaplesIf you want the best example of how baroque can be both ludicrously over-the-top, hauntingly beautiful, and technically brilliant all at once, search out the nondescript entrance to one of Italy's most fanciful chapels.
This 1590 chapel is a festival of marbles, frescoes, and above all sculpture—in relief and in the round, masterfully showing off the considerable technical abilities and intricate visual storytelling of a few otherwise relatively unknown Neapolitan baroque masters.
At the center is Giuseppe Sammartino's remarkable alabaster Veiled Christ (1753), one the most successful and convincing illusions of soft reality crafted from hard stone in the history of art, depicting the dead Christ lying on pillows under a transparent veil.
Three sculptures on the walls stand out as well, including Francesco Celebrano's 1762 relief of the Deposition behind the altar, Antonio Corradini's allegory of Modesty (a marble statue of a woman whose nudity is covered only by a decidedly immodest clinging, gauzy veil), and Francesco Queirolo's virtuoso allegory of Disillusion, represented by a man struggling with a rope net carved entirely of marble.
Tips
- Planning your day: Spend about 20 minutes enjoying the baroque craziness.
Related pages
- More churches in Naples
- Other sights in Naples (the center, the waterfront, the hills)
- Hotels in Naples
- Restaurants in Naples
- Naples FAQ
- Naples homepage
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