Noli Me Tangere (Bernini)

Noli Me Tangere
Noli Me tangere by Antonio Raggi
Artist	Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year	1649-1652
Catalogue	52
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Marble
Location	Santi Domenico e Sisto, Rome
Preceded by	Busts of Pope Innocent X
Followed by	Bust of Francesco I d'Este

Noli Me Tangere is a large sculptural arrangement that forms part of the Alaleona Chapel in the church of Santi Domenico e Sisto, in Rome.

The architecutal outline of the chapel was designed by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. The sculpture, which shows Jesus responding to Mary Magdalene with the words 'Do not touch me' upon her recognition of him following the Resurrection, was also designed by Bernini and carried out by his pupil Antonio Raggi, probably from 1649 to 1652.^[1]

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Preparatory Work

A wash drawing exists in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, that shows the overall design, although it appears that Raggi made some changes to the sculptural group.^[2]

Patronage

The chapel was commissioned by Sister Maria Eleonora Alaleona. It is suspected that it was commissioned as an act of penitence for the behaviour of an unnamed relative of hers in 1636 - a nun who had tried to smuggle a lover into her convent only for the lover to suffocate to death in the chest he was hiding in.^[3] The donation made was 3,000 Roman scudi (around US$120,000 in contemporary costs.)^[4]

References

Notes

^ Wittkower, p. 271-2
^ Wittkower, p. 271
^ Mormando, p.93
^ Mormando, p.xvii. This calculation is based on Mormando's assertion that 25,000 scudi is equivalent to 1million US$ in today's money.

Bibliography

Baldinucci, Filippo (2006) [1682]. The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271730769.
Bernini, Domenico (2011) [1713]. The Life of Giano Lorenzo Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271037486.
Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
Wittkower, Rudolf (1997). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque (4th ed.). London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154.

External links

Media related to Noli Me Tangere (Bernini) at Wikimedia Commons

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

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
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

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

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