1588 next
to the Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites
It was
rebuilt in 1628 with the monastery for Cardinal Marcello Lante
In the
original church there used to be the famous painting “St.
Teresa of Avila receives a gold necklace from the Virgin Mary” about
1613 (some say about 1618) by Giovanni Lanfranco
(1582/1647) now in the new Monastery of the Discalced Carmelites in Via della
Nocetta 83
The
painting was immediately very successful with the public
Involving
the viewer emotionally and assuming the role of mediation between the world of
the faithful and of the divinity, it constituted one of the first expressions
of baroque sensibility in Italian art
“At this
stylistic stage Lanfranco leaves the more robust plasticity sometimes derived
from Ludovico Carracci and the use of light derived from Bartolomeo Schedoni
only to get new elegance and a formal refinement, derived from early Roman
'Correggiesque' works by Annibale Carracci, combined with an atmosphere
enveloping light and shade and a phosphorescent light (backlighting effects),
reminiscent of the contemporary works of Orazio Borgianni. This phase lasted
from about 1614 to 1618 and it is documented by a large number of works, often
requested from outside Rome, which mark the success and prestigious location
that Lanfranco had reached” (Erich Schleier - Dizionario Biografico degli
Italiani Treccani)
1st
ALTAR ON THE RIGHT
“Holy
Family” 1938 by Cleto Luzzi ( 1884/1952 )
2nd
ALTAR RIGHT
“S. Melania”
by an anonymous nineteenth-century artist
MAIN ALTAR AND TABERNACLE
Bartolomeo Breccioli (?/1639), deteriorated
Fresco “Dream
of St. Joseph” about 1635 by Andrea Sacchi
(1599/1661)
One of his
sisters was a nun and used to live in the monastery. The painting was later
restored by his pupil Carlo Maratta
Behind the
altar there are the HOLY STAIRS 1718 by Tommaso Mattei (1652/1726), a pupil of Carlo Fontana
The sisters
climb the stairs on their knees praying. It was built because, as the nuns were
in seclusion, they could not go on pilgrimage to the original Holy Stairs
1st
ALTAR ON THE LEFT
Painting “St.
John the Baptist, Prophet Elisha and Angels” by an anonymous
seventeenth-century artist
In the
former monastery the GALLERIA D’ARTE MODERNA
DI ROMA CAPITALE (Gallery of Modern Art of Rome Capital of Italy)
is now housed
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