Study from Innocent X

{{Short description|1962 painting by Francis Bacon}}

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| title = Study from Innocent X

| image = Study from Innocent X.jpg

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| artist = Francis Bacon

| year = {{start date|1962}}

| type = Oil on canvas

| height_metric = 78

| width_metric = 55.75

| metric_unit = cm

| museum = Private collection

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Study from Innocent X is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Irish-born English artist Francis Bacon, from 1962. It is held in a private collection.[https://www.francis-bacon.com/artworks/paintings/study-innocent-x Study from Innocent X, 1962], francis-bacon.com Based on the Portrait of Innocent X by Diego Velázquez, the work depicts a distorted image of the red-robed pope, sitting on a dark red chair on a platform inside a cuboid cage indicated by thin black lines, standing on a light brownish yellow floor with a curved lighter red wall behind.

It measures {{convert|78|x|55.75|in|cm}}.

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Category:1962 paintings

Category:Paintings by Francis Bacon

Category:Portraits of popes

Category:Cultural depictions of Pope Innocent X

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