Imago Sacelli Quod S. Ignatio de Loyola…

Etching, 1697, inscribed lower centre “Imago Sacelli quod S. Ignatio de Loyola Conditori Societatis Iesu erectum est in Templo Domus Professae Romanae eiusdem Societatis, in quo Sacra eius ossa venerantur. An.MDCXCVII”, signed lower margin: Vincentius Mariottus Romanus delin. et sculpsit Romae / Cum superiorum Facultate'. Within the ceiling level of the image: 'Io. Baps Gaullus Inv. et pin. An. 1685' and below on the altar level 'Andreas Puteus Soc. Iesu Pictor et Architectus inv. an. 1693'

View of the chapel of S. Ignatius with the statue of the saint by Pierre Le Gros and the frescoes by Andrea Pozzo in the left transept of the Gesù in Rome

The plate, which is the Calcografia in Rome, was commissioned on 20 May 1695, when Pozzo had won the competition for the altar, and published in 1697, although the chapel was only finished in 1704.

A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, very good condition. Rare.

Literature

Richard Bösel & L. Salviucci Insolera, 'AP pittore e architetto Gesuita', Rome 2010, cat.03.05 e 08.07