Vision of St Rose of Lima

The Residenzgalerie’s 1927 inventory lists the picture as "St Klara of Montefalco". In the 1955 catalogue – three years after the Museum re-opened – it is already entitled "St Rose of Lima" (1586–1617), whose canonisation by Pope Clemens X in 1671 may have been the occasion for the painting.
With roses in the folds of her robe, the saint kneels humbly before the Christ-child elevated on clouds, among which cherubs are gathered – a scene presumably derived from the influence of Bernini, who created such “heavenly hosts” in stucco. The lily lying on the ground represents the saint’s purity and chastity. Even as a child, Rose wished to emulate St Catherine of Siena. Aged 20, she entered the Third Order of St Dominic and lived in solitary penance. She was the first person born in the New World to be declared a saint.

Habersatter Thomas: Ludovico (Lodovico) Gimignani, Vision of St Rose of Lima, in: Ducke Astrid, Habersatter Thomas (Hrsg./Edi.): von | from 0 auf | to 100. Residenzgalerie Salzburg 1923-2023. Salzburg 2023, S./p. 306-307