# St Gregory the Great with Sts Ignatius and Francis Xavier [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GUERCINO]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm ## Commentary St Gregory the Great with Sts Ignatius and Francis Xavier c. 1626 Oil on canvas, 296 x 211 cm National Gallery, London This altarpiece was commissioned by Ludovico Ludovisi, nephew of Pope Gregory XV. St Gregory was chosen as a subject because Ludovico wanted to pay homage to his dead uncle, who had taken the name of one of the greatest popes of the Church's early period. Ignatius of Loyola and Francis Xavier were both canonised by Pope Gregory XV on 12 march 1622, St Gregory's feast day. ## Related artworks - [A Cosmographer]() - [A Donor Presented to the Virgin]() - [Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael]() - [Allegory of Painting and Sculpture]() - [Apparition of Christ to the Virgin]() - [Assumption of the Virgin]() - [Aurora]() - [Aurora]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() - [Ceiling painting \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()