San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi

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Church of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, Rome
San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi
San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi (St Julian of the Flemings) is an 18th century national and titular church of ancient foundation.
Interior, Church of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, Rome
Interior
The church was refitted on an elliptical plan in the early 18th century. The major benefactor for this was a pharmacist from Ypres called Nicolaas van Haringhen, who moved to Rome to set up a business in 1659. He was a leading light in the expatriate confraternity and a major sponsor of Flemish artists who came to Rome to find work.
Vault, Church of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, Rome
Vault
One of those he helped was Dirck Helmbreker, who executed the altarpiece for the high altar in 1695. When Nicolaas died in 1704, he left his entire estate to fund embellishing the church interior, which included the provision of the ceiling vault, painted by the English architect and artist William Kent (c. 1685-1748). The central panel depicts The Apotheosis of St Julian. 
Funerary Monument to Ludovica Philippina Seraphina Felicitas de Timbrune-Valence, church of San Giuliano dei Fiamminghi, Rome
Funerary Monument to Ludovica Philippina Seraphina Felicitas de Timbrune-Valence
The church is home to the charming funerary monument of Ludovica Philippina Seraphina Felicitas de Timbrune-Valence, countess of Chelles, who was the wife of the Belgian ambassador when she died in 1828. She is depicted on her deathbed being invited into heaven by her daughter (who had died before her) in the form of an angel. The work is by the Dutch sculptor Mathieu Kessels (1784-1836).