ALGARDI, Alessandro
(b. 1598, Bologna, d. 1654, Roma)

Bust of Pope Innocent X

after 1647
Bronze and porphyry
Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome

Algardi executed several likenesses of Innocent X and his family. The bronze version of his bust of the Pope (probably after 1647; Palazzo Doria Pamphilj, private apartments; drawing, Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid) was cast by Guidi, while the marble version (Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome) would have been carved by studio assistants.