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Portrait of Pope Innocent X Pamphili
Alessandro Algardidesigned 1647–48; cast 1650–1700
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Portrait of Pope Innocent X Pamphili
- Creator: Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)
- Date Created: designed 1647–48; cast 1650–1700
- Physical Dimensions: 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.)
- Provenance: Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris, France, Lambert Palais, Brussels, Belgium, (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.496
- Medium: bronze
- Fun Fact: The pope's stole features Pamphili family emblems: fleur-de-lis and doves encircled by olive leaves.
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, 17th century
- Credit Line: Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, Director 1930-1958
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1957.496
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