Pope Innocent X

The photo shows the Hall of the Horatii and Curiatii of the Palazzo dei Conservatori with the statue of Pope Innocent X by Alessandro Algardi.

The Great Hall - also known as the Horatii and Curiatii Room for the subject of one of the frescoes – was used for the public hearings of the Council. The cycle of frescoes illustrates some episodes of the history of Rome as told by Titus Livius. The scenes depict a series of fake tapestries, wrapped with painted festoons of fruit and flowers, lustral vases and trophies of arms. The fresco decoration was carried out by Cavalier d'Arpino (born Giuseppe Cesari) around 1700.

Two monumental statues of Popes face each other on the two smaller sides of the room: the one portraying Urban VIII Barberini (1623-1644) is in marble and was carried out by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his pupils between 1635 and 1640, while the bronze statue of Innocent X Pamphilj (1644-1655) is the work of Alessandro Algardi and was sculpted between 1645 and 1650.