San Francesco a Ripa
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San Francesco a Ripa is a church in Rome, Italy. It is dedicated to Francis of Assisi who once stayed at the adjacent convent. The term Ripa refers to the nearby riverbank of the Tiber.
Église San Francesco a Ripa
Gian Lorenzo Bernini's statue Blessed Ludovica Albertoni in the Paluzzi-Albertoni chapel
Interior of the church
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
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Blessed Ludovica Albertoni is a funerary monument by the Italian Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Trastevere sculpture is located in the specially designed Altieri Chapel in the Church of San
San Francesco a Ripa
…Nogari. In the left transept, the chapel Paluzzi-Albertoni designed by Giacomo Mola (1622–1625). Inside this chapel is one of Bernini’s masterpieces, his Beata Ludovica Albertoni (1671–1675). This sculpture readily recalls the recumbent Ecstasy of Saint Teresa in Santa Maria della Vittoria. Behind the statue is a painting of…
Blessed Ludovica Albertoni detail
Altieri Chapel