Portrait of Innocent X
Diego Velázquez · 1700
Why it's great
The pope sits in a red cap and robe, with a sharp, suspicious face and eyes that follow you. Diego Velázquez painted it in about 1650, and the pope said it was 'too true'. The 20th-century artist Francis Bacon painted many screaming versions of it.
Where to see it
📍 Galleria Doria PamphiljRome, Italy
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Diego Velázquez was a Spanish painter born in Seville in 1599. He moved to Madrid as a young man and became the court painter to King Philip IV, painting portraits such as Las Meninas that are among the greatest in the world. He died in Madrid in 1660.
