Memorial to Maria Raggi

Artwork by Gianlorenzo Bernini

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Memorial to Maria Raggi

Artist| Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year| 1647 (1647)-1653
Catalogue| 44
Type| Sculpture
Medium| Gilt bronze, marble relief
Subject| Maria Raggi
Location| Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome
Coordinates| 41°53′53″N 12°28′42″E﻿ / ﻿41.8980°N 12.4783°E﻿ / 41.8980; 12.4783
Preceded by| Memorial to Ippolito Merenda
Followed by| Raimondi Chapel

Memorial to Maria Raggi is a sculptural monument designed and executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, started in 1647 and finished in 1653.[1] The monument is attached to a pillar in a nave of the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome.[2]

## Maria Raggi

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Maria Raggi (1552–1600) was a nun from the island of Chios. Forced to marry at an early age, she was widowed when her husband was captured by Turkish forces in 1570. She became a nun in 1571, and departed for Rome in 1584, where she was resident at the Palazzo of the de Marini family, near Santa Maria sopra Minerva. An extremely pious woman, she spent much of her day in prayer, and reportedly continually performed miracles.[2] After dying in 1600, there was some possibility of her being canonised, but the general antipathy of Pope Urban VIII to such events meant the opportunity passed.[2]

## Patronage

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Three descendants of Maria were responsible for commissioning Bernini to create the work, Ottaviano, Tommaso, and Lorenzo Raggi, whose names are noted in the Latin inscriptions in the bottom half of the memorial.[2]

## See also

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* List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

## Notes

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1. ^ Avery 1997, p. 141.
2. ^ a b c d Bernstock 1980, pp. 243–255.

## References

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* Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 0500092710.
* Bernstock, Judith (1980). "Bernini's Memorial to Maria Raggi". The Art Bulletin. 62 (2): 243–255\. doi:10.2307/3049992. JSTOR 3049992.

## Further reading

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* Ackermann, Felix. "Draperien in Stein", La soupe et les nuages, Etudes de lettres 254 (1999/3-4), pp. 7–26.
* Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
* Wittkower, Rudolf (1955). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque. London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 978-0801414305. `{{cite book}}`: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

## External links

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* Media related to Memorial of Maria Raggi at Wikimedia Commons

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List of works

Sculpture|

| 1610s|

* The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun
* Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni
* A Faun Teased by Children
* Boy with a Dragon
* The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
* Saint Sebastian
* Bust of Pope Paul V
* Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius
* Bust of Giovanni Vigevano
* Damned Soul
* Blessed Soul
* Bust of Camilla Barbadoni

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1620s|

* Bust of Carlo Antonio del Pozzo
* Neptune and Triton
* The Rape of Proserpina
* Apollo and Daphne
* Bust of Pope Gregory XV
* St. Peter's Baldachin
* Charity with Four Children
* David
* Bust of Alessandro Peretti di Montalto
* Saint Bibiana
* Busts of Pope Urban VIII
* Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya
* Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine
* Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin
* Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis
* Bust of Antonio Cepparelli
* Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl
* Two Angels in Sant'Agostino
* Bust of Francesco Barberini
* Bust of Antonio Barberini
* Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier
* Memorial to Carlo Barberini
* Tomb of Pope Urban VIII
* Saint Longinus
* Sleeping Hermaphroditus (mattress)

1630s|

* Statue of Carlo Barberini
* Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
* Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany
* Pasce Oves Meas
* Bust of Costanza Bonarelli
* Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini
* Statue of Pope Urban VIII
* Bust of King Charles I
* Bust of Thomas Baker
* Medusa

1640s|

* Bust of Cardinal Richilieu
* Memorial to Alessandro Valtrini
* Memorial to Ippolito Merenda
* Memorial to Maria Raggi
* Confessio of Santa Francesca Romana
* Raimondi Chapel
* Truth Unveiled by Time
* Bust of Pope Leo X
* Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
* Noli Me Tangere

1650s|

* Busts of Pope Innocent X
* Bust of Francesco I d'Este
* Corpus
* The Vision of Constantine
* Daniel and the Lion
* Habakkuk and the Angel
* Chair of Saint Peter
* Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen

1660s|

* Statue of Alexander VII
* Busts of Alexander VII
* Statue of King Philip IV of Spain
* Elephant and Obelisk
* Angel with the Crown of Thorns
* Angel with the Superscription
* Bust of Gabriele Fonseca
* Bust of Louis XIV
* Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV

1670s|

* Blessed Ludovica Albertoni
* Tomb of Pope Alexander VII
* Statue of Pope Clement X
* Bust of the Saviour

Architecture
and fountains|

* St. Peter's Square
* Sant'Andrea al Quirinale
* Lateran Baptistery
* Palazzo Barberini
* Palazzo di Propaganda Fide
* Santa Bibiana
* Fountains of St. Peter's Square
* Fontana della Barcaccia
* Fontana del Tritone
* Fontana delle Api
* Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
* Fontana del Moro

Paintings|

* Self-Portrait as a Young Man
* Portrait of Pope Urban VIII
* Saint Andrew and Saint Thomas
* Self-Portrait as a Mature Man
* Portrait of a Boy
* Christ Mocked

Related|

* Domenico Bernini (son)
* Pietro Bernini (father)
* Luigi Bernini (brother)

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