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08-04-2013, 08:04 AM
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Study After Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
This is the Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, painted by the great Francis Bacon in 1953, and is my favorite of his. It is 1 of 45 variations of his which were inspired by the Spanish artist Diego Velázquez magnum opus of Pope Innocent X in 1650.
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08-15-2013, 06:09 PM
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Re: Study After Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
That is fucking hilarious. It's not finished, completely out of context, and a perverted bastardization of the original, which given it's subject matter, is an appropriate change, I feel. This painting is as close as you can get to hitting someone in the face without actually laying a finger on them.
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