When Bernini fell temporarily out of favor in 1644, Cardinal Federico Corner, the son of Venetian Doge, took the opportunity to commission from him the decoration of his private chapel in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, in Rome. Because the church belongs to the Discalced Carmelites, he chose a major event in Theresa's life as the centerpiece of the Cornaro Chapel: the ecstasy.

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