A winged figure in this work points a (*) golden spear at the title figure, whose left arm and foot hang limply, as golden rays reach down behind them.
A skeleton from the torso up is seen looking at this sculpture in a roundel in the ground beneath it. Sculpted members of the namesake family of the chapel in which this sculpture is set are seated in theater boxes flanking it. This sculpture sits in an alcove with two polychrome marble columns on each side, and four candles and a crucifix sit below it. A hidden window was added to the Cornaro Chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria to shed more light on this sculpture. A winged figure in this work points a (*) golden spear at the title figure, whose left arm and foot hang limply, as golden rays reach down behind them. For 10 points, name this sculpture depicting an angel with a Carmelite reformer from Ávila, a work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
A skeleton from the torso up is seen looking at this sculpture in a roundel in the ground beneath it.
The {Ecstasy} of {Saint Teresa} [or {L’Estasi di} Santa {Teresa}; or {Saint Teresa} in {Ecstasy}; or Santa {Teresa} in {estasi}; or The {Transverberation} of {Saint Teresa}]