Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART: Cappella Lancelotti; Apotheosis of the Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga (and Altar)

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Cappella Lancelotti; Apotheosis of the Blessed Aloysius Gonzaga (and Altar)
Image View: 
Central relief by Legros, raking view
Creator: 
Andrea Pozzo (Italian sculptor, 1642-1709); Pierre Legros II (French sculptor, 1666-1719)
Location: 
repository: Sant'Ignazio (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note: 
Via del Caravita, 8A; Lancelotti chapel, right transept
GPS: 
+41.899+12.479778
Date: 
relief, 1697-1699 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Baroque; Seventeenth century
Work Type 1: 
altarpiece
Work Type 2: 
relief (sculpture)
Work Type 3: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
colored marble relief; bronze; marble; silver
Technique: 
carving (processes)
Measurements: 
900 cm (height, approx., relief)
Subjects: 
saints; Jesuits
Description: 
Le Gros's relief was inspired by the Ecstasy of St Catherine of Siena by Melchiore Caffa. This offered the ideal pattern for a meditative image, eminently suitable in the case of Gonzaga, the young Jesuit saint (1568-1591) who was often invoked as an example of youthful piety. He had died while still a student, during an epidemic where he cared for the victims. Saint Aloysius de Gonzaga was beatified in 1605 and canonized in 1726. The surrounding altar which includes twisted columns in green marble is by Andrea Pozzo. (Source: Web Gallery of Art; http://www.wga.hu/index.html)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
Identifier: 
6A1-LEGROS-GSLGA-A02
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.