The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria
It was commissioned by Cardinal Federico Cornaro for the chapel of his family. Here, Bernini created one of his greatest masterpieces. The entire chapel was conceived as theatrical space, typically baroque, with numerous little side stages from the which the patrons can admire the miraculous event: the spanish saint being struck by faith, symbolically represented by the arrow being shot by the angel and the rays of divine light in bronze coming down from on high.
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St. Peter's Basilica
San Longino / Busto di Paolo V / Busto di Antonio Coppola / Ecstasy Ludovica Albertoni / Cappella Cornaro / Four Rivers Fountain / Anima Beata / Havakuk and the Angel / Santa Bibiana / Cappella Raimondi / Busti di Innocenzo X / Busto di Gabriele Fonseca / Angelo con la Corona di Spine / Rivers Fountain / Fontana del Tritone / Elefantino della Minerva (Pulcino della Minerva) / Fountain of the Bees / Elefante Obeliscoforo / Fontana del Leone
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