Carved in one piece, which is incredible enough, this conveys a deep meaning. Here's what Wikipedia says:
Release from Deception (Il Disinganno), produced in 1752–1759,[2] shows a fisherman being released from a net by an angel. The masterpiece was carved from a single piece of marble and can be seen in Cappella Sansevero, Naples.
The inscription on the book at the bottom of the sculpture depicts in Latin the words of the angel to the fisherman, made up of three different quotations from the Vulgate Holy Bible put together:
VINCULA TUA DISRUMPAM (Nahum i. 13)
VINCULA TENEBRARUM ET LONGÆ NOCTIS (QUIBUS ES) COMPEDITUS (Sapientiæ xvii. 2)
UT NON CUM HOC MUNDO DAMNEBIS (St. Paul 1 Corinthians. xi. 32)
“I will burst thy bonds asunder, / being fettered with the bonds of darkness, and a long night, / that you will not be condemned with this world.”
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