Pope Innocent X sits in a red chair before a red curtain, in red cap and cape, fixing the viewer with a hard, wary look. Velázquez painted him in Rome around 1650, turning silk, linen and flushed skin into quick, sure strokes. Francis Bacon later reworked it in dozens of screaming popes.
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The folded paper in the pope's hand carries Velázquez's signature; the date on it is no longer legible.
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