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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