The Triumph of the Name of Jesus (detail)Il Baciccio (Giovanni Battista Gaulli) (Italian; 1639–1709)
The Triumph of the Name of Jesus (detail)Il Baciccio (Giovanni Battista Gaulli) (Italian; 1639–1709)1676–9Oil on paper, laid down on canvasPrinceton University Art Museum, Princeton, New JerseyBozzetto(preparatory oil sketch) for the ceiling fresco of Il Gesù, the barrel-vaultedmother church of the Jesuit order in Rome. -- source link
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