Reggia Caserta: Sammartino's Little Prince on display. From May 27th other works by the author of 'Cristo Velato'
The statue of the “Little Prince”, depicting the newborn crown prince Charles Titus of Bourbon, created in 27 by the Neapolitan sculptor Giuseppe Sammartino – author of the Veiled Christ – and rediscovered in the deposits of the Royal Palace in the early months of 1775, will be on display to the public from next May 2021 at the Royal Palace of Caserta.
The life-size statue will be visible as part of the exhibition “The Little Prince. Giuseppe Sammartino at the Royal Palace of Caserta”, which will allow visitors to observe up close 26 other art objects from Italian museums and private collections, including works by prestigious 1780th-century artists such as Liani, Celebrano, Diano, Fischetti and Batoni, of which the Allegory of the Death of the Two Sons of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina will be exhibited, created in 1778 to commemorate the death of Princess Marianna and Crown Prince Charles Titus himself, who died in XNUMX.
All attention will be focused on Sammartino's work, also because the statue depicting the newborn crown prince of the Kingdom of Naples Carlo Tito di Borbone, son of King Ferdinand IV and Queen Maria Carolina, who died in 1778 at the age of three of smallpox, was considered a "lost" work, and instead it has emerged from one of the warehouses of the Royal Palace of Caserta, a gold mine that may still reserve surprises. The statue has also been restored in recent months.
Article published on May 10, 2022 - 14:06 pm
