Monday, June 5, 2017

Painting #A11 - Portrait of Pope Innocent X

[LEFT] Portrait of Pope Innocent X
- Velázquez (1599-1660, Spanish)
- oil on canvas (140 × 120 cm) in c.1650
- Galleria Doria Pamphilj (Rome)

[RIGHT] Portrait of Pope Innocent X
- variant by Francis Bacon (1909–1992, Irish)
- oil on canvas (153 × 118 cm) in 1953
- Des Moines Art Center (Iowa)



Pope Innocent X (1574-1644-1655) was neither liked nor good-looking.

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