I want to go back to a time when artists carved stone so perfectly that they were accused of alchemy.

Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino, 1753. A marble sculpture so remarkable it was popularly stated that it must have been created by draping a veil over the figure and using alchemy to turn it to stone.

The Veiled Christ is housed in the Chapel of Sansevero in Naples, Italy 🇮🇹