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| Keywords: Joseph Reymond - The Life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola - Walters 44192.jpg In the central panel St Ignatius of Loyola 1491-1556 founder of the Society of Jesus dressed in the black costume of a general of the Jesuit order is shown kneeling before the altar of the Virgin in the church of the Storta near Rome in 1537 He is seeing in a vision the Holy Trinity and receiving the revelation of the scheme of the new Society of Jesus symbolized by the letters I H S and the cross in glory In the left wing at the top St Peter in an apparition announces to Ignatius his recovery from grave wounds received the 19th of May 1521 when the French stormed Pampelona in Spain It will be noticed that Ignatius lying in bed is given the same features as St Peter a resemblance proving that he will become the second St Peter or restorer of the Church of Rome against the heresy of Luther Below the Virgin and Child appear to Ignatius the night of the 24-25 of March 1522 after Ignatius has laid his weapons on the Lady Altar in the abbey church of Montserrat Catalonia and given his worldly clothes to a beggar In the right wing at the top Christ appears to Ignatius on the Via Cassia on his way to Rome in 1538 The risen Christ the wounds of his pierced hands and feet showing and carrying the cross says I shall be propitious to you and your Company at Rome This apparition announcing the success of the newly-formed Company in Rome is represented as a counterpart to that of Christ appearing to Peter on the Via Appia Above in the sky God the Father is seen amidst clouds Below Pope Paul III enthroned between two cardinals of the Roman church issues his bull confirming the new Society of Jesus and places on Ignatius' head the hat of the general of the Jesuits The Jesuit behind Ignatius is Faber or Laynez ca 1620 technique painted enamel copper Central panel cm 14 10 4 ; Wings cm 14 3 3 accession number 44 192 39051 Ant W Mensing date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Amsterdam November 26 1901 lot 512 Seligmann Brothers Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1902 Transcription central plaque GLORIA PATRI ET FILIO ET SPIRITVI SANCTO around the border B IGNATIVS LOYOLA NATVS MVNDO AN DO M ID XCI XPO M D XXI AET XXX FVNDAVIT SOC em IESV M D XXXIX III SEPT OBIIT M D LIX sic VLT IVL AET LXV Religious Art of the Western World Dallas Museum of Art Dallas 1958 place of origin Limoges France Walters Art Museum license Renaissance paintings in the Walters Art Museum Joseph Reymond Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Painted enamel art in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
