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Papal portraiture followed conventions similar to those for portraits of other rulers, although a few changes from the examples of the late sixteenth century are apparent. Bernini and Algardi favoured a fuller treatment of the torso, extending down to the fringe of a short 'mozzetta', embellished by a stole in which the papal arms often figured. Movement was suggested by deep folds in the cape and was accompanied by a benevolently resolute gaze, as in the imposing mid-seventeenth century example of the bust of Alexander VII, who reigned from 1655 to 1667.
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