Name/Title
Ss. Ignatius Loyola and Francis BorgiaEntry/Object ID
2004.10Description
This double portrait depicts St. Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556), the founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), and St. Francis Borgia (1510-72), a member of the first generation of Jesuits and the Society’s third Father General. Ignatius wears an elegant baroque chasuble ornamented with gold embroidery and orphrey. He holds his attribute–an open book with the Jesuit motto, Ad majorem Dei glorian (“To the greater glory of God”). Borgia, who made the Spiritual Exercises and gave up his secular title as the Marquis of Lombay following his wife’s death in 1546, wears the black cassock (clerical coat) of the Jesuits. He holds a skull, underneath which is a piece of paper with the words Ex morte vita - “From death, life.”
Este doble retrato muestra a san Ignacio de Loyola (1491-1556), fundador de la Sociedad de Jesús (los jesuitas); y a san Francisco de Borja (1510-72), miembro de la primera generación de jesuitas y tercer padre general de la orden. San Ignacio viste una elegante casulla barroca decorada con estola y bordados dorados. También sostiene un libro abierto – uno de sus atributos - donde se lee el lema de la orden, “Ad majorem Dei gloriam” (Para la mayor gloria de Dios). San Francisco de Borja viste la sotana negra de los jesuitas y sostiene una calavera bajo la cual hay un papel que lee “Ex morte vita (“de la muerte, vida”). Luego de la muerte de su esposa en 1546, San Francisco de Borja hizo los Ejercicios espirituales y abandonó su vida secular y su título de Marqués de Lombay.Made/Created
Time Period
17th Century, 18th CenturyDimensions
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CanvasHeight
30 inWidth
48 inDimension Description
FramedHeight
39 inWidth
56 in