Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is a renowned Baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicting the mystical vision of Saint Teresa of Ávila in a dramatic, theatrical style.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ecstasy of Saint Teresa canonical | 10 |
| Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa | 1 |
| L'Estasi di Santa Teresa | 1 |
| Saint Teresa in Ecstasy | 1 |
| Saint Theresa in Ecstasy | 1 |
| transverberation of Saint Teresa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T766459 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Context triple: [Gian Lorenzo Bernini, notableWork, Ecstasy of Saint Teresa]
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A.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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B.
Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
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C.
Litany of Loreto
The Litany of Loreto is a traditional Catholic Marian litany, dating back to at least the 16th century, that invokes the Virgin Mary under numerous titles in a series of supplicatory prayers.
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D.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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E.
Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a famous 1951 painting by Salvador Dalí depicting a dramatic, aerial view of the crucified Christ, blending religious imagery with surrealist innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ecstasy of Saint Teresa Target entity description: Ecstasy of Saint Teresa is a renowned Baroque marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicting the mystical vision of Saint Teresa of Ávila in a dramatic, theatrical style.
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A.
De Opificio Dei
De Opificio Dei is an early Christian theological treatise by Lactantius that reflects on the creation of the world and the nature of God through philosophical argument.
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B.
Inter Mirifica
Inter Mirifica is a decree of the Second Vatican Council that addresses the role, responsibilities, and moral use of social communications media in the life of the Church and society.
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C.
Litany of Loreto
The Litany of Loreto is a traditional Catholic Marian litany, dating back to at least the 16th century, that invokes the Virgin Mary under numerous titles in a series of supplicatory prayers.
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D.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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E.
Christ of Saint John of the Cross
Christ of Saint John of the Cross is a famous 1951 painting by Salvador Dalí depicting a dramatic, aerial view of the crucified Christ, blending religious imagery with surrealist innovation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque sculpture
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marble sculpture ⓘ religious artwork ⓘ sculpture ⓘ |
| artist | Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ |
| artStyle |
dramatic
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illusionistic ⓘ theatrical ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Carmelite spirituality
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Counter-Reformation ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Life of Teresa of Jesus
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mystical vision of Teresa of Ávila ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Cardinal Federico Cornaro ⓘ |
| completionDate | 1652 ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| creator | Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ |
| depictionType | full-length figure ⓘ |
| depicts |
Teresa of Ávila
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an angel ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | angel piercing Teresa’s heart with a golden arrow ⓘ |
| genre | religious art ⓘ |
| hasPart |
gilded bronze rays
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hidden window for natural light ⓘ sculptural group of Saint Teresa and an angel ⓘ theatrical architectural setting ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | artwork within a church listed as a cultural property of Italy ⓘ |
| iconography |
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
transverberation of Saint Teresa
|
| inception | 1647 ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | Italian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Rome
ⓘ
Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome ⓘ
surface form:
Santa Maria della Vittoria
|
| location | Cornaro Chapel ⓘ |
| materialUsed | marble ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
emotional intensity
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influence on Baroque church decoration ⓘ integration of sculpture, architecture, and light ⓘ sensual representation of spiritual ecstasy ⓘ |
| patronage | Cornaro family ⓘ |
| period | Italian Baroque ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
|
| subject |
mystical experience
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religious ecstasy ⓘ |
| titleInEnglish | Ecstasy of Saint Teresa self-link ⓘ |
| titleInItalian |
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
L'Estasi di Santa Teresa
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| usesTechnique |
dramatic lighting
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integration of sculpture and architecture ⓘ polychrome marble setting ⓘ |
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Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
transverberation of Saint Teresa
this entity surface form:
L'Estasi di Santa Teresa
this entity surface form:
Saint Theresa in Ecstasy
this entity surface form:
Saint Teresa in Ecstasy
this entity surface form:
Bernini’s Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
subject surface form:
Federico Cornaro