Giuseppe Sanmartino

Giuseppe Sanmartino or Giuseppe Sammartino (1720 – 1793) was an Italian sculptor during the Rococo period.

Sanmartino was born in

The statue of Veiled Christ is elaborately artificial (art historian Wittkower labeled it as a hypertrophic effort) by reproducing in stone the effect of a thin veil. In the same chapel, Corradini's antecedent statue of Chastity[1] (also called Modesty) is present. Innocenzo Spinazzi, a contemporary Florentine sculptor, also completed statues with this effect.

Successful completion of this commission earned Sammartino further commissions. These included the group of St. Augustine in the Neapolitan church of Sant'Agostino alla Zecca, the decoration of the Annunziata church, and the monument to

Sources

• Wittkower, Rudolf (1993). "Art and Architecture Italy, 1600-1750". Pelican History of Art. 1980. Penguin Books. p. 456.

External links

• Web Gallery of Art

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