Domenichino Zampieri (called Domenichino)
Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Stortacirca 1622

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Artist or Maker: Domenichino Zampieri (called Domenichino)
Italy, Bologna, 1581-1641
Title: Saint Ignatius of Loyola's Vision of Christ and God the Father at La Storta
Date Made: circa 1622
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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)
Credit Line: Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation
Accession Number: M.89.59
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: European Painting and Sculpture
Provenance: Commissioned 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.
Selected Bibliography: Lehmbeck, Leah, editor. Gifts of European Art from The Ahmanson Foundation. Vol. 1, Italian Painting and Sculpture. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2019.