# Apse calotte: St Ignatius Helping the Sick and Poor [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [POZZO, Andrea]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Fresco ## Commentary The picture represents Sant'Ignazio Curing Victims of the Plague. It is part of the decorative program by Andrea Pozzo which focused on the miracles of the founder of the Jesuit order. The frescoes were considered, both in Rome and beyond, an excellent example of the Baroque technique of creating the illusion of architectural depth in painting. ## 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]() - [Deeds of Hercules and his Apotheosis]() - [Diana \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()