Domenichino (1581-1641) designed the ceiling over the apse of S. Andrea della Valle in 1622-28 when he was at the peak of his fame. He was the leader of the classical school and his neat partition of the space which clearly identified the painted spaces and the paintings themselves echoing ancient statues were considered a masterpiece. They were especially highly praised in the late XVIIIth century and during the whole XIXth century when a visit to S. Andrea della Valle was a "must" for any cultivated traveller. Domenichino paid homage to Michelangelo in the naked figures above the windows. He aloso made use of stucco statues on a gilded background: these statues are shown in the act of supporting the ceiling. The technique of using stucco had just been improved by adding to the mixture finely powdered marble. The statues of this ceiling appear very rigid and stuck to the ceiling.

Source: Baroque Ceilings. See also the Wikipedia article Domenico Zampieri and the Web Gallery of Art's biography. Bob Jones University has his painting of St John the Evangelist, and even quotes Willa Cather on its Italian Gothic page.