Church of the Gesù
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The Church of the Gesù, officially named Chiesa del Santissimo Nome di Gesù, is a church located at Piazza del Gesù in the Pigna rione of Rome, Italy. It is the mother church of the Society of Jesus.
Giacomo della Porta's façade, precursor of Baroque
Dome
Nave
Detail of ceiling showing the trompe l'oeil effect
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
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Giovanni Battista Gaulli, also known as Baciccio or Baciccia, was an Italian Baroque painter working in the High Baroque and early Rococo periods. He is best known for his grand illusionistic vault fr
Self-portrait, c. 1667
Glory of the Mystical Lamb
Nave of Gesù
Triumph of the Name of Jesus (1674)