Integral Life

The Release from Deception

Not a single rope can be found in the image, as it was intricately carved from a soli a masterpiece created by Italian sculptor Francesco Queirolo in 1759 after seven years of painstaking work.

The sculpture depicts an angel freeing a fisherman from a net, symbolizing the liberation of man from his sins.
Its level of detail and complexity was so astounding that 18th-century philosopher Giangiuseppe Origlia referred to it as "the last and most challenging test to which sculpture in marble can aspire."

Queirolo worked tirelessly on his magnum opus without any assistance or a dedicated workspace. Even other sculptors were afraid to touch the delicate net in fear of it breaking into pieces. "The Release from Deception" is now housed at the Sansevero Chapel in Naples, alongside other incredible marble works like "The Veiled Christ" (1753) by Giuseppe Sanmartino and "The Veiled Truth" (1750) by Antonio Corradini.