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Francis Bacon's 'Screaming Pope' Embodied Postwar Anguish—Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About the Influential Painting
![Francis Bacon's Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X Drawing by ISSEI WATANABE | Saatchi Art Francis Bacon's Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X Drawing by ISSEI WATANABE | Saatchi Art](https://images.saatchiart.com/saatchi/679078/art/5497315/additional_89805a9f6e7acb60443fa087fc58e9d426d535d3-AICC2-8.jpg)
Francis Bacon's Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X Drawing by ISSEI WATANABE | Saatchi Art
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Study for a Portrait, after Bacon's Study for a Portrait, after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X Painting by Gareth Maguire | Saatchi Art
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![Study after F. Bacon, Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, OIL ON CANVAS, 72" x 58" — Jean-Antoine Norbert Study after F. Bacon, Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, OIL ON CANVAS, 72" x 58" — Jean-Antoine Norbert](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/57b74deb59cc686971473652/1578704399091-6KIHQKU812AR9VFA6EYF/Study+after+F.Bacon%2C+Pope+Francis%2COil+on+canvas%2C+72%E2%80%9Dx+58%E2%80%9D%2C+2017%2C+%244500++%281%29.jpg?format=1500w)
Study after F. Bacon, Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, OIL ON CANVAS, 72" x 58" — Jean-Antoine Norbert
![Contrololon on Twitter: "I also parodied the variant of "Portrait of Innocent X" called "Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" made by Francis Bacon. https://t.co/QWn5E56Xpx" / Twitter Contrololon on Twitter: "I also parodied the variant of "Portrait of Innocent X" called "Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" made by Francis Bacon. https://t.co/QWn5E56Xpx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWjtUSLUMAEWAlS.jpg)
Contrololon on Twitter: "I also parodied the variant of "Portrait of Innocent X" called "Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" made by Francis Bacon. https://t.co/QWn5E56Xpx" / Twitter
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