Cappella Sansevero
Cappella Sansevero (also known as Cappella Sansevero de 'Sangri or Pietatella ) is a small Baroque church with numerous marble sculptures north of Piazza San Domenico Maggiore , in the center of the old town of Naples , Italy . It was built in 1590 as the tomb of the di Sangro family and was the private chapel of Raimondo di Sangro (1710–1771), Prince of Sansevero, a noble inventor and alchemist, and was restored by him in the 18th century. Since the prince was a member of the Freemasons , there is an abundance of Masonic symbols in the artwork and on the floor.
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Particular attractions of the church are the Veiled Christ ( Cristo velato ) by Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793), The Disappointment ( Disinganno ) by Francesco Queirolo and The Chastity ( Pudicizia ) by Antonio Corradini . In the Tiempetto, two anatomical models by Giuseppe Salerno (1763–64), the skeleton of a man and a pregnant woman, whose vascular system is represented by a network of wax-coated wire, are kept behind glass.
literature
- Rosanna Cioffi: La cappella Sansevero. Arte barocca e ideologia massonica. Ed. 10/17, Salerno 1987, ISBN 88-85651-10-0 .
- Regina Deckers: The Testa Velata in Baroque Sculpture . Hirmer, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7774-2471-2 .
- Rolf Legler: The Gulf of Naples . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-2254-2 , p. 135.
- Fazio Macci: Sansevero Chapel Museum , Alós, 2001, ISBN 978-8888247052
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Coordinates: 40 ° 50 ′ 57.1 ″ N , 14 ° 15 ′ 17.6 ″ E