# Apotheosis of the Franciscan Order

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## Artwork

- Artist: [BACICCIO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

Pietro da Cortona&#39;s illusionistic effects were taken to extremes by the religious decorators of the second half of the 17th century. Baciccio and Andrea Pozzo were the most successful among them. Bacciccio&#39;s masterpiece was the painted ceiling in the Church of Il Gesù in Rome. &lt;p&gt; &lt;table align=left cellpadding=5 border=1 width=320 bgcolor=&#34;\#99cccc&#34;&gt; &lt;tr valign=middle&gt;&lt;td&gt;&lt;img src=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; border=0 valign=middle&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 33 minutes\):&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/haydn\_m\_mass.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Michael Haydn: St Francis Mass&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;

## Related artworks

- [A Blessed Abbes Receiving the Host from the Hands of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/a-blessed-abbes-receiving-the-host-from-the-hands-of-christ-r40c0ee5ffe40cd>)
- [Adoration of the Name of Jesus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/adoration-of-the-name-of-jesus-r011e1ae96c9e87>)
- [Apotheosis of St Ignatius](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/apotheosis-of-st-ignatius-r09bad645170a15>)
- [Cardinal Leopoldo de&#39; Medici](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/cardinal-leopoldo-de-medici-rd18b343b4d61b7>)
- [Cupola decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/cupola-decoration-r62cc64635ce1bd>)
- [Holy Family with the Young St John the Baptist and St Elizabeth](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/holy-family-with-the-young-st-john-the-baptist-and-st-elizabeth-rf2efbc793e595e>)
- [Nave vault](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/nave-vault-r4827a71e7a1c57>)
- [Nave vault](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/nave-vault-rfebe864c785ab2>)
- [Portrait of a Lady](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/portrait-of-a-lady-rbc75fc0061390a>)
- [Portrait of Gian Lorenzo Bernini](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/portrait-of-gian-lorenzo-bernini-r1ebbca9415e3d8>)
- [St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/st-john-the-baptist-rb314f26a908a4e>)
- [The Continence of Scipio](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/baciccio-r36401f46ad2ea7/the-continence-of-scipio-r41eb158bf268fe>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)