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Diego Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X(1650)
Francis Bacon’s Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X(1953)
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Diego Velàzquez, Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1650
Francis Bacon, Study after Velazquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953
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Diego Velázquez(1599–1660)
The foremost Spanish painter of the Baroque age—and the greatest beneficiary of royal patronage—was Diego Velázquez. As did many other Spanish artists, Velázquez produced religious pictures as well as genre scenes, but his renown in his day rested primarily on the works he painted for King Philip IV. After the king appointed Velázquez court painter, the artist largely abandoned both religious and genre subjects in favor of royal portraits and canvases recording historical events. (x)
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Detail from The Spinners, Diego Velazquez, About 1656
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Detail from The Surrender of Breda, Diego Velazquez , about 1635
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Francis Bacon (1902 - 1992)
- Portrait of George Dyer Talking
- Study from the Human Body
- Triptych - August 1972
- Seated Figure
- Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X
- Painting 1946
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L'amour que les anges créent dans nos cœurs
« Le soir est une grande plaineOù les anges jouent aux billesAvec les étoiles. »— Maurice Carême, Poèmes de gosses
Le texte ci-dessous est l’extrait du livre Anges (ASIN: B00GOMZKIA), écrit par Clara Erskine Clement, publié par Parkstone…
“For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- Matthew 20:28
Diego Velázquez, Christ Crucified. 1632. Oil on canvas.
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