Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta

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Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta

circa 1622
Paintings
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 65 3/8 × 38 5/8 in. (166.05 × 98.11 cm) Framed: 73 × 47 × 3 in. (185.42 × 119.38 × 7.62 cm)
Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation (M.89.59)
European Painting
Not currently on public view

Provenance

Commisioned by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese (1573-1626) for his private chapel, the Cappellina Farnese, in the Casa Professa dei Gesuiti, Rome, removed at an early date and replaced by a studio copy....
Commisioned by Cardinal Odoardo Farnese (1573-1626) for his private chapel, the Cappellina Farnese, in the Casa Professa dei Gesuiti, Rome, removed at an early date and replaced by a studio copy. Private collection, London; [Matthiesen Fine Art, Ltd., London, by 1982, sold 1989 to]; LACMA.
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  • Conisbee, Philip et al. The Ahmanson Gifts: European Masterpieces in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.


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