La bienheureuse Ludovica Albertoni | Le Bernin | 1674 | ||
La bienheureuse Ludovica Albertoni Le Bernin,1671-1674 Marbre Rome, Eglise San Francisco a Ripa , Chapelle Altieri |
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One of the last sculptures made by Bernini and it can be considered as exceptional since in this late period his sculptures were executed by his coworkers after his design. Ludovica (died in 1533) was beatified in 1671 and the sculptor was commissioned by Cardinal Albertoni to make a sculpture for commemorating the event. The sculpture of the dying Ludovica is placed above
the altar of the chapel where she had been buried in the sixteenth century.
The scene is rather theatrical with the lighting coming from a hidden
window above the left of her head. The effect of light is multiplied
by the decorative carpet dividing the dying from the believers. On her
face, the pain of the suffering and the heavenly happiness are simultaneously
present resulting in an extraordinary effect.
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