Thursday, August 24, 2023

Borrowed from a friend on Fecesbook


"The Release from Deception" by Italian sculptor Francesco Queirolo - completed in 1759 after 7 years of work. It depicts a fisherman being released from netting by an angel, allegorical to the man being liberated from his sins.

So intricate was the work that 18th-century philosopher Giangiuseppe Origlia described it as “the last and most trying test to which sculpture in marble can aspire.”

Queirolo worked alone on his magnum opus, without an assistant or even a workshop. Even other sculptors refused to touch the delicate net in case it broke into pieces in their hands.

The masterpiece is housed at the Sansevero Chapel in Naples, with several other miracles of marble. Namely, "The Veiled Christ" (1753) by Giuseppe Sanmartino and "The Veiled Truth" (1750) by Antonio Corradini.

The artistry and craftsmanship is awe-inspiring, that's the only description I can come up with.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

and if muslims take over, it will be smashed.

Anonymous said...

Blew that picture up and saw how detailed it is.
Daaamn!
-lg

Anonymous said...

Sculpting is described as, “Chisel away everything that isn’t part of the finished piece.”
How anyone envisions something this intricate *and* pulls it off is mind boggling. All without super glue!