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Portrait of Pope Innocent X Pamphili

Portrait of Pope Innocent X Pamphili

designed 1647–48; cast 1650–1700
(Italian, 1598–1654)
Italy, 17th century
bronze
Overall: 97 x 81 x 29 cm (38 3/16 x 31 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Base: 23.5 x 27.1 cm (9 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.); without base: 78.1 x 81.6 cm (30 3/4 x 32 1/8 in.)
Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, Director 1930-1958 1957.496
Location: 217 Italian Baroque

Did You Know?

The pope's stole features Pamphili family emblems: fleur-de-lis and doves encircled by olive leaves.

Description

Innocent X (Giovanni Battista Pamphili) was pope from 1644 until his death in 1655. Although he was not very interested in the visual arts, he followed tradition and gave several papal commissions for artistic projects. Algardi was the sculptor most frequently called upon by Innocent X. This sensitive portrait captures many details of the pope's costume as well as his intelligent, quiet face.
  • Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris, France
    Lambert Palais, Brussels, Belgium
    -1957
    (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1957-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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