Santa Maria Della Vittoria

Santa Maria Della Vittoria, The Agony of St. Teresa by Bernini (1647). Teresa is Teresa of Avila, a Carmelite nun famous for her practical reforms of the order who left a vivid description of how an angel pierced her heart. It is considered Bernini's best work.

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