Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . ;, , ®a~^?^ off ? .sjiPillilil .... .!.:. , ,..; . -: :W 1+8 BRONZE BUST OF POPE INNOCtNlASCRIBED TO BERNINIITALIAN 17™ CENTURY1088 - 53 ftevixuu) Cottu?A/ 79 BUST. BRONZE. No. 1088 —1853. A PORTRAIT bust in bronze, considerably larger than life, of pope^~*- Innocent the tenth, Gian. Battista Pamfili, of Rome; who waselected in 1644 and died in 1655. It is Italian and contemporary. Theartist is unknown; more probably he was Alessandro Algardi, who diedin 1654, than Bernini to whom the w
Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions . ;, , ®a~^?^ off ? .sjiPillilil .... .!.:. , ,..; . -: :W 1+8 BRONZE BUST OF POPE INNOCtNlASCRIBED TO BERNINIITALIAN 17™ CENTURY1088 - 53 ftevixuu) Cottu?A/ 79 BUST. BRONZE. No. 1088 —1853. A PORTRAIT bust in bronze, considerably larger than life, of pope^~*- Innocent the tenth, Gian. Battista Pamfili, of Rome; who waselected in 1644 and died in 1655. It is Italian and contemporary. Theartist is unknown; more probably he was Alessandro Algardi, who diedin 1654, than Bernini to whom the work has been by some ascribed. The pope wears a plain close-fitting cap upon his head, and avestment which may, possibly, be intended for a cope; the border ofthe vestment is decorated with olive-branches intertwined so as to formcircles, containing alternately a fleur-de-lis and a dove, the emblems of thefamily. The workmanship and modelling are both good ; and the finishing ofthe casting and tooling also excellent. Probably the bust was executedwhen pope Innocent was a cardinal, as there is n
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