Tomb of Diomede Carafa
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Jacopo da Pila, Tommaso Malviti, and Domenico Gagini
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tomb , effigy , lamb , Annunciation , virtues
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Abstract
The tomb of Neapolitan courtier, knight, and writer Diomede Carafa is in a particularly prestigious location, in the Cappellone of San Domenico in Naples, originally right next to the miraculous painted crucifix that is thought by believers to have spoken to St. Thomas Aquinas. (Now a copy of the miraculous painting is in this chapel.) The fifteenth-century marble monument has surviving traces of selective gilding and painting. The lamb of God stands on top of the monument, with the Annunciation relief in the tympanum, the effigy of Diomede lying on his sarcophagus, virtues in niches, and, on the lowest level, a bench. Photograph(s) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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San Domenico, Naples
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http://www.vestigiamedievalicampania.it/portfolio/monumenti,napoli/basilica-di-san-domenico-maggiore/ (consulted June 14, 2025); Tanja Michalsky, "The Local Eye: Formal and Social Distinctions in Late Quattrocento Neapolitan Tombs," Art History 31.4 (2008), p. 499 (484-504).