The Veiled Christ is a marble sculpture Digiuseppe Sammartino, preserved nellacappella Sansevero Naples. The work, created in 1753, is considered one of the world's sculptural masterpieces, and had among his admirers Antonio Canova who, having tried - unsuccessfully - to buy the work, declared himself willing to give ten years of their lives to to be the author of such a masterpiece. ■♤♡◇♧☆■