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Ecstasy of St. Teresa of Ávila

ca. 1660/70 | Tommaso Amantini

The clay relief shows the ecstatic vision of St. Teresa of Ávila, which she experienced during prayer: an angel appears, who strikes her heart with the arrow of divine love. The composition is modelled on a marble group of the same subject, which the most famous sculptor of the Roman high Baroque, Gianlorenzo Bernini, created around 1650 for the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria.

The clay relief shows the ecstatic vision of St. Teresa of Ávila, which she experienced during prayer: an angel appears, who strikes her heart with the arrow of divine love. The composition is modelled on a marble group of the same subject, which the most famous sculptor of the Roman high Baroque, Gianlorenzo Bernini, created around 1650 for the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria.

Artist:
Tommaso Amantini (1625 Urbania - Urbino 1675) DNB

Time:
ca. 1660/70

Object Name
Relief; clay sculpture

Culture
Rome

Material/technology:
Terracotta

Dimensions:
H. 63 cm, B. 32 cm

Signed
Tomas Amantinus Urbanium F.

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Kunstkammer

Invs.
Kunstkammer, 7513

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