What was one of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s greatest works?

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The greatest single example of Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s mature art is the Cornaro Chapel in Santa Maria della Vittoria, in Rome. The chapel’s focal point is Bernini’s sculpture of The Ecstasy of St. Teresa (1645–52), a depiction of a mystical experience of the great Spanish Carmelite reformer Teresa of Ávila.