Modesty (Corradini sculpture)

Modesty
ArtistAntonio Corradini
Year1752
MediumMarble
LocationCappella Sansevero, Naples

Modesty or Chastity (Italian: La Pudicizia) or Veiled Truth by Antonio Corradini is a sculpture completed in 1752 during the Rococo period. Corradini was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro to sculpt a memorial for his mother in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, where the marble sculpture still remains.

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