# Painting on the pendentive: David [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POZZO, Andrea]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The effect of the simulated cupola rests largely on the figural groupings on the pendentives, which were executed immediately after the canvas with the painted cupola was put in place. Painted on actual concave pendentives, they make the sham cupola more believable, especially when viewed from the entrance. The monumental figures \(Judith, David, Samson, Jael\) have an imposing physicality, emphasized by their bright colours and strong contrasts. ## Related artworks - [Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work \(detail\)]() - [Allegory of the Jesuits' Missionary Work \(detail\)]() - [Altar of St Ignatius Loyola]() - [Altar of St Ignatius Loyola]() - [Antechoir vault: Vision of St Ignatius at the Battle of Pamplona]() - [Apotheosis of St Francis Xavier]() - [Apse calotte: St Ignatius Helping the Sick and Poor]() - [Apse calotte: St Ignatius Helping the Sick and Poor]() - [Deeds of Hercules and his Apotheosis]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()