Beata Ludovica Albertoni
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| Artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
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| Year | 1671–1674 |
| Type | Marble |
| Location | San Francesco a Ripa, Rome |
Beata Ludovica Albertoni (Blessed Ludovica Albertoni) is a funerary monument in the specially designed Altieri Chapel in the church of San Francesco a Ripa in Trastevere, Rome, Italy. The sculpture and its setting in the Chapel were designed by the Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini and completed in 1674.[1]
The monument was commissioned from Bernini by Cardinal Paluzzi degli Albertoni, who had taken the name Altieri after the elevation of a kinsman of his family by marriage, who became Pope Clement X (1670-76). It is not clear how much Bernini was paid. He was seventy one years old when he began the work, and it was one of his last sculptures. The white marble figure represents the nun Ludovica Albertoni, a distant relative of the Cardinal, on her deathbed; she died in 1533. She is portrayed as experiencing both mortal suffering and religious ecstasy, surrounded by putti, and waiting to rise to the Holy Spirit. A recessed side window to the left helps to illuminate the sculptural subject.
The altarpiece behind the sculpture is by Baciccio.
[edit] Similar Works
- Bernini's Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1647–52) in the Cornaro Chapel
- Antonio Giorgetti's Saint Sebastian (c. 1672) in San Sebastiano fuori le mura
- Ercole Ferrata's statue of the dying Saint Anastasia in the Basilica di Sant'Anastasia al Palatino
- Sculpture of Saint Anne in Sant'Andrea delle Fratte, attributed to Giovanni Battista Maini
[edit] References
- Citations
- ^ Perlove, Shelley Karen (1990). Bernini and the Idealization of Death: The Blessed Ludovica Albertoni and the Altieri Chapel. University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-00684-6.
- Bibliography
- Hibbard, Howard (1971). Bernini. New York: Pelican.
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Coordinates: 41°53′05″N 12°28′22″E / 41.88472°N 12.47278°E
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