Shown from the shoulders up, a man with a flushed complexion, wearing a crimson-red cap and garment, looks at us from the corners of his eyes in this vertical portrait painting. He is brightly lit from behind us and the mahogany-brown background is deep in shadow. The man’s shoulders angle to our right, and he turns his head slightly to look at us with brown, deep-set eyes under arched brows. His wispy, auburn-brown goatee is tinged in silvery gray. His nose is slightly bulbous, and his thin lips are tightly closed in a straight line. Wrinkles and jowls give his face a paunchy look. His…
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Pope Innocent X

painter Anonymous Artist

Circle of related artist Diego Velázquez (Spanish, 1599 - 1660)

c. 1650

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 49.2 × 41.3 cm (19 3/8 × 16 1/4 in.) ; framed: 78.4 × 69.5 × 6.99 cm (30 7/8 × 27 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.)
Culture
Spanish
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-B
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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