Innocent X

noun

1. Giambattista Pamfili, 1574–1655, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1644–55.

Example Sentences

On the opposite wall is a version of Velázquez’s portrait of Pope Innocent X: the ultimate painterly commission, which he’d been gunning for since his arrival in Rome and for which the Pareja portrait functioned as a job application.

From New York Times

The designer drew on his art-history background, providing Mylod with visual references such as painter Francis Bacon’s “Study After Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” — a jarring depiction of the pope burning alive — and macabre still lifes by Dutch masters presenting animals staked through.

From Los Angeles Times

Those included a haunting portrait of Pope Innocent X by Francis Bacon that Mr. Demetrion purchased for the Des Moines Art Center earlier in his career.

From Washington Post

Bacon famously based his popes on Velázquez’s Portrait of Innocent X – and this enigmatic face in a mirror echoes another Velázquez painting that was kept just a short stroll from Soho: Rokeby Venus in the National Gallery.

From The Guardian

Sotheby’s said on Friday it was selling Study for a Head 1952, part of a collection inspired by Diego Velázquez’s portrait of Pope Innocent X, which helped to establish Bacon’s reputation in the 1950s.

From The Guardian