Allegory of the Institution of the Jesuits

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Artwork: Allegory of the Institution of the Jesuits
Description: This is a pen and brown ink drawing by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. The drawing is a preparatory sketch for a ceiling fresco in the church of the Gesuati in Venice. The fresco was commissioned by the Jesuits to commemorate the institution of their order by Ignatius of Loyola in 1540.
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