This awesome ceiling of the church is the most impressive in the whole world

Church of the Gesu located at Via degli Astalli, 16, Roma, ItalyIT00186.
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Triumph of the Name of Jesus by Giovanni Battista Gaulli.
Truly the most extraordinary painting in the church, and perhaps in all of Rome after the Sistine Chapel, is the Triumph of the Holy Name of Jesus which adorns the nave vault. Giovanni Battista Gaulli, known as Baciccia, a gifted painter from Genoa, was supported by the famous sculptor Bernini and won the commission to paint the frescoes for Il Gesu when he was just 22. Eighteen years later, he unveiled the Triumph. Surrounded by a gilt coffered ceiling, the fresco depicts the loyal and pious ascending to join Jesus in heaven and the impious being cast down. Baciccia achieved an incredible three-dimensional trompe l'oeil with the help of his pupil, Antonio Raggi. Raggi fashioned foreshortened stucco and wooden figures that were affixed at the bottom of the painting, which Baciccia then painted so they appear to be part of the main fresco. The effect is uncanny. Fortunately, the church has placed a slanted mirror under the fresco so you won't develop a crick in your neck while gawking at this masterpiece.