Peter Paul Rubens
St. Ignatius Loyola

Circa 1610-22
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California

Loyola is often pictured in a chasuble looking up as if at a vision. The inscription at the top of the page to which he has opened the book is AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM, "To the greater glory of God." This is the motto of the Jesuit order.

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