context: The Rapture of Saint Teresa statue of the famous Italian sculptor Jean Lorenzo Bernini. It was carved between 1647 and 1651, commissioned by Cardinal Cornaro to be placed on his grave wherever he is in the Church of Santa Maria de Victoria in Rome, where he is already present in what is called the Capella Cornaro. [1] The statue is one of the masterpieces of high Baroque Roman sculptures. Jean-Lorenzo Bernini is one of the most famous Renaissance artists, with many famous masterpieces in the Vatican. [2] The sculptor's talent reached its height when he finished this statue, which was later placed in the Cornaro Church in Rome and is still there today. The statue depicts a mystical love story told by famous Spanish nun Teresa in her autobiography. Saint Teresa lived in a period during which Europe experienced many religious and political upheavals, and her life was set an example in asceticism and austerity. [3]
question: Who carved the statue of St. Teresa?
answers.text: Jean Lorenzo Bernini