The Busts of Pope Innocent X are two portrait busts by the Italian artist
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Gian Lorenzo (or Gianlorenzo) Bernini (, , ; Italian Giovanni Lorenzo; 7 December 159828 November 1680) was an Italian sculptor and architect. While a major figure in the world of architecture, he was more prominently the leading sculptor of his ...
of
Pope Innocent X
Pope Innocent X ( la, Innocentius X; it, Innocenzo X; 6 May 1574 – 7 January 1655), born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj (or Pamphili), was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death in Januar ...
, Giovanni Battista Pamphili. Created around 1650, both sculptures are now in the
Galleria Doria Pamphili in Rome. Like the
two busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese
''Two Busts of Cardinal Scipione Borghese'' are marble portrait sculptures executed by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1632. Cardinal Scipione Borghese was the nephew of Pope Paul V, and had commissioned other works from Bernini in th ...
, it is believed that Bernini created a second version of the bust once a flaw was discovered in the first version. There exist several similar versions of the bust done by other artists, most notably
Alessandro Algardi
Alessandro Algardi (July 31, 1598 – June 10, 1654) was an Italian high- Baroque sculptor active almost exclusively in Rome, where for the latter decades of his life, he was, along with Francesco Borromini and Pietro da Cortona, one of the maj ...
.
[Wittkower 1955, p. 270.]
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List of works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
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1650s sculptures
Marble sculptures in Italy
Sculptures of popes
Pope Innocent X
Busts in Italy
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