The dead Christ, wrapped in a shroud, after the marble statue in the Sansevero Chapel, Naples
Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
Image: 7 3/8 × 15 7/8 in. (18.7 × 40.4 cm) Sheet: 14 13/16 × 21 3/16 in. (37.7 × 53.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Miss Harriet McDonald, 1941
Accession Number
41.91.226
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Giuseppe Sanmartino|Francesco Wenzel · 1720–1793
**Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720–1793)** was a leading Neapolitan sculptor of the late Baroque period, renowned for his religious works that combined technical virtuosity with emotional depth. Born in Naples in 1720, little is documented about his early years, but he trained in the workshop of Matteo Bottiglieri and the studio of Domenico Antonio Vaccaro, absorbing the rich traditions of Neapolitan scu...