Naples, Italy

Museo Cappella Sansevero

Historic Palace and CollectionFocused collectionsOnline collection

Museo Cappella Sansevero is a small Naples museum-chapel known for virtuosic eighteenth-century sculpture and symbolic decoration.

Why visit

It is one of Europe's most memorable single-room museum experiences, anchored by the technical drama of the Veiled Christ.

Highlights

  • Veiled Christ
  • Disillusion
  • Raimondo di Sangro's chapel program

Themes

  • Baroque sculpture
  • Chapel
  • Neapolitan art

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