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.
Provenance
Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris, France; Lambert Palais, Brussels, Belgium; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (-1957); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1957-)
Accession Number
1957.496
Medium
bronze
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.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, Director 1930-1958