Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

E91650

Baroque sculpture marble sculpture religious artwork sculpture

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is a renowned Baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicting the mystical vision of Saint Teresa of Ávila in a dramatic, theatrical style.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa canonical	10
Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa	1
L'Estasi di Santa Teresa	1
Saint Teresa in Ecstasy	1
Saint Theresa in Ecstasy	1
transverberation of Saint Teresa	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque sculpture ⓘ marble sculpture ⓘ religious artwork ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artist	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
artStyle	dramatic ⓘ illusionistic ⓘ theatrical ⓘ
associatedWith	Carmelite spirituality ⓘ Counter-Reformation ⓘ
basedOn	The Life of Teresa of Jesus ⓘ mystical vision of Teresa of Ávila ⓘ
commissionedBy	Cardinal Federico Cornaro ⓘ
completionDate	1652 ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
creator	Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
depictionType	full-length figure ⓘ
depicts	Teresa of Ávila ⓘ an angel ⓘ
depictsEvent	angel piercing Teresa’s heart with a golden arrow ⓘ
genre	religious art ⓘ
hasPart	gilded bronze rays ⓘ hidden window for natural light ⓘ sculptural group of Saint Teresa and an angel ⓘ theatrical architectural setting ⓘ
heritageDesignation	artwork within a church listed as a cultural property of Italy ⓘ
iconography	Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: transverberation of Saint Teresa
inception	1647 ⓘ
languageOfTitle	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Rome ⓘ Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ surface form: Santa Maria della Vittoria
location	Cornaro Chapel ⓘ
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
notableFor	emotional intensity ⓘ influence on Baroque church decoration ⓘ integration of sculpture, architecture, and light ⓘ sensual representation of spiritual ecstasy ⓘ
patronage	Cornaro family ⓘ
period	Italian Baroque ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
subject	mystical experience ⓘ religious ecstasy ⓘ
titleInEnglish	Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-link ⓘ
titleInItalian	Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: L'Estasi di Santa Teresa
usesTechnique	dramatic lighting ⓘ integration of sculpture and architecture ⓘ polychrome marble setting ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gian Lorenzo Bernini → notableWork → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa → iconography → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: transverberation of Saint Teresa

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa → titleInItalian → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: L'Estasi di Santa Teresa

Ecstasy of Saint Teresa → titleInEnglish → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-link ⓘ

Jean Restout the Younger → notableWork → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Theresa in Ecstasy

Jean-Baptiste Santerre → notableWork → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Teresa in Ecstasy

Cornaro Chapel → notableWork → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Cornaro Chapel → containsWork → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Cornaro Chapel → hasSculpturalEnsemble → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Italian Baroque → hasNotableWork → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome → knownFor → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome → hasSculpture → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome → CornaroChapelContains → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome → famousFor → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Cardinal Federico Cornaro → patronOf → Ecstasy of Saint Teresa ⓘ

subject surface form: Federico Cornaro