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Busts of Pope Innocent X

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Busts of Pope Innocent X
First version
Second version
ArtistGian Lorenzo Bernini
Year1650
Catalogue51
TypeSculpture
MediumMarble
LocationDoria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome
Preceded byTruth Unveiled by Time (Bernini)
Followed byNoli Me Tangere (Bernini)

The Busts of Pope Innocent X are two portrait busts by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini of Pope Innocent X, 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, 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. [1]

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Notes
  1. ^ Wittkower 1955, p. 270.
Bibliography
  • Avery, Charles (1997). Bernini: Genius of the Baroque. London: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 9780500286333.
  • Baldinucci, Filippo (2006) [1682]. The Life of Bernini. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 9780271730769.
  • Bernini, Domenico (1713). Vita Del Cavalier Gio. Lorenzo Bernini. Rome: R. Bernabò.
  • Mormando, Franco (2011). Bernini: His Life and His Rome. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226538525.
  • Wittkower, Rudolf (1997). Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroque (4th ed.). London: Phaidon Press. ISBN 9780714837154.
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