Portrait of Pope Innocent X Pamphili
Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)
designed 1647–48; cast 1650–1700
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
97 × 81 × 29 cm · base: 23.5 × 27.1 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, Director 1930-1958
Accession Number
1957.496
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
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.