Cristo Velato

Distance 450 meters
Addressvia Francesco De Sanctis, 19

Cristo Velato is one of the most famous and fascinating artworks in Naples. It is a sculpture representing the Deposed Christ, covered by a veil of marble that appears almost translucent due to its extraordinary precision in carving the details.

Created by the sculptor Giuseppe Sanmartino in 1753, the “Veiled Christ” is displayed in the Sansevero Chapel, a church located in the historic center of Naples. The sculpture is admired for its extraordinary artistic mastery and the surprising realism that the marble veil gives to the figure of Christ, making it almost ethereal.