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About the 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.
Provenance
Baron Gustave de Rothschild, Paris, France. Lambert Palais, Brussels, Belgium before 1957: (Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art). 1957–present: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio.
Exhibition history
Style, Truth and the Portrait. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 1-November 19, 1963). Art in Italy, 1600-1700. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (April 6-May 9, 1965). Portraiture: The Image of the Individual. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1983-January 22, 1984). Vatican Treasures: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 8-April 12, 1998). Bernini and the Birth of Baroque Portrait Sculpture. J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (organizer) (August 5-October 26, 2008); National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.,, Canada (November 28, 2008-March 8, 2009).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)
- Date
- designed 1647–48; cast 1650–1700
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 97 x 81 x 29 cm (38 3/16 x 31 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Base: 23.5 x 27.1 cm (9 1/4 x 10 11/16 in.); without base: 78.1 x 81.6 cm (30 3/4 x 32 1/8 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., in honor of William Mathewson Milliken, Director 1930-1958
- Accession no.
- 1957.496
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Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
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