Triumph of the Franciscan Order

Giovan Battista Gaulli

The Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles

Baciccia created this enormous fresco following the model of one painted years earlier at the Chiesa del Gesù, depicting the Triumph of the Name of Jesus (1685). Together with the other fresco, it represents one of the great achievements of religious baroque art, that in this “setting” reaches great heights of theatricality, equal to that of the sculpture of Bernini. Christ resurrected appears up high, radiating out of an intense light, while below are the major saints of the Franciscan Order.

LE OPERE

Ritratto Clemente IX 1667 | Olio su tela Trionfo Ordine Francescano 1707 | Affresco Trionfo del Nome di Gesù 1687 | Affresco Ritratto del cardinale Marco Gallo 1681 | Olio su tela | 63 x 72 cm. Orologio ad altare 1665 | Orologio Ritratto di Gianlorenzo Bernini 1675 | Olio su tela | 74 x 99 cm. Gloria del Nome di Gesù Affresco