Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas,
c. 1656
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Gianlorenzo Bernini, Ecstasy of St. Teresa, 1647-52
Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
Baciccio (G. B. Gaulli), Triumph of the Name of Jesus, 1676-1679
ceiling fresco with stucco figures, Church of Il Gesù, Rome
Andrea Pozzo, Triumph of St. Ignatius Loyola
(Allegory of the Missionary Work of the Jesuits), 1691-1694
Fresco on the ceiling of the nave, Sant' Ignazio, Rome
Claude Lorraine, Seaport: The Embarkation of St. Ursula, 1641
Jacob van Ruisdael, View of Haarlem with Bleaching Grounds, c 1665
Gianlorenzo Bernini, Sant' Andrea al Quirinale, Rome, 1658-1670
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