“The Veiled Son of Jago, for me perhaps the most exciting work for its beauty, its meaning and perhaps because it deals with a subject so delicate and current that it deeply touches our consciences…”
Monday to Sunday: 10:00 – 14:00
The Museum of the Veiled Son: a bridge between art, history and the future
Cappella dei Bianchi
(Basilica of San Severo fuori le mura)
The first Jago Museum
Next to the Basilica of San Severo alla Sanità, in the heart of one of the most authentic and vibrant districts of Naples, is the Cappella dei Bianchi, a Baroque jewel brought to light thanks to the vision and courage of Don Antonio Loffredo and the cooperative “La Paranza”.
This ancient oratory, part of the complex of San Severo fuori le mura, is today a symbol of cultural and social rebirth, where the beauty of the past meets that of the present to shape a better future.
IL LUOGO
La Cappella dei Bianchi
Restored and enriched by Baroque furnishings and paintings by the great painters of the seventeenth century neapolitan, like Luca Giordano, the chapel of the Bianchi has recovered its sacredness thanks to an ambitious project that has transformed this space into a meeting place between history, art and spirituality.
Here, in the heart of the Rione Sanità, the Jago Museum has found its ideal home, hosting the Veiled Son, a masterpiece by the artist Jago, in a perfect dialogue between tradition and innovation.
The placement of the Veiled Son in the chapel of the Whites is not only a tribute to the
beauty, but also a powerful gesture of regeneration. It is the result of a challenge won: that of transforming a neighborhood marked by difficulties into a laboratory of creativity and opportunities. Here culture has become the engine of real change, capable of stitching together social tears and giving breath to dreams that seemed unattainable.
Visiting the chapel of the Whites and the Veiled Son means crossing a symbolic bridge:
what connects the great History, made of art and spirituality, to the small daily stories of a community that has chosen to believe in beauty as a transformative force.
Because beauty, the real one, is not limited to saving: it creates.
The Sculpture
Made of Danby marble from Vermont, thiswork depicts a helpless child, lying on a marble slab, whose delicate limbs are wrapped in a veil that embodies fragility and hope. The work, with its poetic creative tension, invites us to contemplate a tormented and complex reality, where the suffering of so many innocents finds a universal echo.
This sculpture was born in New York but remains deeply rooted in Italian poetics, it represents a universal symbol that speaks to everyone.
Like the chapel that guards it, thiswork embodies the idea of union: between matter and spirit, between past and present, between the Sanità district and the whole world.
USEFUL INFO
VEILED SON
OPENING HOURS
Monday to Sunday: 10:00 – 14:00 (Last visit at 13:30)
PRICES:
Full price: €10.00*
Reduced: € 8.00
(Ticket dedicated to over 65s, under 18s, students, law enforcement, disabled companion and visitors from the Catacombs of Naples)
Free
(Reserved for children up to 6 years old, disabled and inhabitants of the Rione Sanità).
With the same ticket you can visit “The Veiled Son” and Jago Museum.
In addition, the ticket allows you to visit the Catacombs of San Gennaro and San Gaudioso at a special and reduced rate.
About & Faqs
Groups (20 + people)
Groups are required to book.
Tickets cannot be purchased on site.
Accessibility
To allow us to facilitate visits to people with motor disabilities, you must contact the museum in advance at prenotazioni@jagomuseum.it
Wardrobe and bulky items
There is no wardrobe inside the museum, but it is possible to place strollers and suitcases.
Restroom facilities
Toilets are available in the museum.
The work of “The Veiled Son” is located in the Chapel of the Whites, in the Basilica of San Severo Fuori le Mura, also in Naples. The basilica can be reached in about 10 minutes on foot from the Jago Museum. With a single ticket you can visit both the Jago Museum and the Cappella dei Bianchi.
No, the ticket is unique and includes both a visit to the Jago Museum and a visit to the work of the “Veiled Son” in the Cappella dei Bianchi.
Yes, you can visit the two complexes on different days, as long as you keep your entrance ticket intact and with the date clearly visible. It can be used for a period of one year from the date of the first visit.
Yes, pets are allowed inside the museum. However, it is required that they are always under the control of the owner and kept on a leash.
The meaning of art is about the freedom of people
“…We were speechless, goosebumps an inch high! Something exciting.”
“The chapel is in itself a jewel but the work of JAGO the VEILED SON touches the heart…”
“…The visit of the Cappella dei Bianchi inside the Church of San Severo outside the walls is perhaps the most beautiful memory of my last trip to Naples…”
“A poignant touching work that immobilizes you in the emotions it arouses”
“…sculpture is a punch in the stomach…”