Description
The Museo dell'Opera di Santa Chiara tells the story of one of Naples' great Gothic complexes, inside the 14th-century monastery of Santa Chiara: you visit it together with the famous majolica cloister, on the same route.
The highlight is the Hall of Marbles, with fragments of the church's tombs and sculptures, some of which survived the wartime bombings. Standouts are the reliefs with the Stories of Saint Catherine by Giovanni and Pacio Bertini, from 1345, and those of the Crucifixion attributed to Tino di Camaino.
Beneath the church, a large 1st-century Roman bath complex resurfaces, with its swimming pool and water channels. In the reliquary hall stands the moving bust of the Ecce Homo, carved by Giovanni da Nola in 1520.
Among the mementos of the monastery are a 17th-century revolving wheel and two majolica vases by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro: the only ones left of the many he designed for the cloister.
The highlight is the Hall of Marbles, with fragments of the church's tombs and sculptures, some of which survived the wartime bombings. Standouts are the reliefs with the Stories of Saint Catherine by Giovanni and Pacio Bertini, from 1345, and those of the Crucifixion attributed to Tino di Camaino.
Beneath the church, a large 1st-century Roman bath complex resurfaces, with its swimming pool and water channels. In the reliquary hall stands the moving bust of the Ecce Homo, carved by Giovanni da Nola in 1520.
Among the mementos of the monastery are a 17th-century revolving wheel and two majolica vases by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro: the only ones left of the many he designed for the cloister.