Study from Innocent X | |
Artist: | Francis Bacon |
Type: | Oil on canvas |
Height Metric: | 78 |
Width Metric: | 55.75 |
Metric Unit: | cm |
Museum: | Private collection |
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.[1] 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 78inchesx55.75inchesin (xin).[1]