The most famous statue of the chapel is the Veiled Christ, which you can see in the center. The Prince of Sangro first asked the same creator of the Modesty sculpture, but the Venetian sculptor was over eighty years old and could no longer accomplish such a demanding project. So the assignment passed to the young Neapolitan Giuseppe Sammartino, who had worked at all the main construction sites of eighteenth-century Naples, expressing an extraordinary inventive talent in the most diverse genres, from the largest statues to the tiny ones in nativity scenes.
The sculpture represents Christ nailed to the Cross and covered by a transparent funeral veil. With incredible virtuosity, Sammartino highlighted Christ's anatomy under the folds of the veil, then added the crown of thorns, pins, and nails. It was even thought that the statue was made with a type of "petrified" fabric thanks to the Prince's chemical compounds, but analyses have confirmed that the Veiled Christ is indeed just a marble sculpture, a virtuous wonder without any "tricks".
