Monument to Cecco di Sangro in the Sansevero Chapel, Naples
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 12 5/8 × 13 13/16 in. (32.1 × 35.1 cm) Sheet: 21 1/4 × 14 1/2 in. (53.9 × 36.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miss Harriet McDonald, 1941
Accession Number
41.91.227
Art Historical Context
Welcome to the Metropolitan Museum of's Drawings and Prints collection, where this striking lithograph invites you into the dramatic world of Naples' Sansevero Chapel. Created between 1827 and 1850 by Francesco Wenzel and Francesco Celebrano the print reproduces the Monument to Cecco di Sang—a poignant sculptural tribute within the chapel's opulent 18th-century interior. Measuring 12⅝ × 13⅞ inches on a larger 21¼ × 14½-inch sheet, it showcases the intricate details of the original marble work through the precise lines of lithography, a revolutionary 19th-century technique that allowed affordab...
About the Artist
Francesco Wenzel|Francesco Celebrano (Italian|Italian) · 1720 |1827 –1793 |1850
Italian, 1720–1793|Italian, active Naples, 1827–50