UPDATE: Painting of Ignatius

At the end of October 2011, we posted an entry with photos and a request for information about a painting that we thought depicted St. Ignatius of Loyola.  We are grateful for the following opinion from a Spanish art expert with connections to Prep teacher Jaime Ball: "Well, I'm still not positive if it's New World or Spanish, but I've come to the conclusion that it is not a painting of St. Ignatius Loyola, but instead an image of the Virgin and Child Appearing to St. Philip Neri by Guido Reni."

The image of the Reni portrait of St. Philip Neri, along with the images of the painting in our collection, are included here.  Any light that you might be able to shed on this mystery would be greatly appreciated.

Unidentified painting in the Villiger Archives

Guido Reni (1575-1642)'s portrait of St. Philip Neri