# Study from Innocent X

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{{Short description|1962 painting by Francis Bacon}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{About|[Francis Bacon](/source/Francis_Bacon_(artist))'s 1962 painting|text=For his other works based on [Portrait of Innocent X](/source/Portrait_of_Innocent_X) (c. 1650), such as [Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X](/source/Study_after_Vel%C3%A1zquez's_Portrait_of_Pope_Innocent_X) (1953), see [List of paintings by Francis Bacon](/source/List_of_paintings_by_Francis_Bacon)}}{{Infobox artwork
| title              = Study from Innocent X
| image              = Study from Innocent X.jpg
| image_upright      = 1.1
| artist             = [Francis Bacon](/source/Francis_Bacon_(artist))
| year               = {{start date|1962}}
| type               = Oil on canvas
| height_metric      = 78
| width_metric       = 55.75
| metric_unit        = cm
| museum             = Private collection
| city               = 
}}

'''''Study from Innocent X''''' is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Irish-born English artist [Francis Bacon](/source/Francis_Bacon_(artist)), from 1962. It is held in a private collection.<ref name=estate>[https://www.francis-bacon.com/artworks/paintings/study-innocent-x Study from Innocent X, 1962], francis-bacon.com</ref>  Based on ''[Portrait of Innocent X](/source/Portrait_of_Innocent_X)'' (c. 1650) by [Diego Velázquez](/source/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez), the work depicts a distorted image of the red-robed [Pope Innocent X](/source/Pope_Innocent_X), sitting on a dark red chair on a platform inside a cuboid cage indicated by thin black lines, standing on a light brownish yellow floor with a curved lighter red wall behind.

It measures {{convert|78|x|55.75|in|cm}}.<ref name=estate/>

Bacon later remade ''Study from Innocent X'', as ''[Study of Red Pope 1962. 2nd version 1971](/source/Study_of_Red_Pope_1962._2nd_version_1971).''

==See also==
*[List of paintings by Francis Bacon](/source/List_of_paintings_by_Francis_Bacon)

==References==
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