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Francis Bacon's 'Screaming Pope' Embodied Postwar Anguish—Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About the Influential Painting
![Study After Velázquez's Portrait of Pope I-VI, 20th Century, by Francis Bacon, oil on canvas, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MDO-1764410 | agefotostock Study After Velázquez's Portrait of Pope I-VI, 20th Century, by Francis Bacon, oil on canvas, Stock Photo, Picture And Rights Managed Image. Pic. MDO-1764410 | agefotostock](https://previews.agefotostock.com/previewimage/medibigoff/b5f28b4f23e06a4eab7b635e46bc0e3b/mdo-1764410.jpg)
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![Great works: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, 153cm x 118.1cm by Francis Bacon | The Independent | The Independent Great works: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, 153cm x 118.1cm by Francis Bacon | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2013/07/04/17/bacon.jpg?quality=75&width=982&height=726&auto=webp)
Great works: Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X, 1953, 153cm x 118.1cm by Francis Bacon | The Independent | The Independent
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Francis Bacon's 'Screaming Pope' Embodied Postwar Anguish—Here Are 3 Surprising Facts About the Influential Painting
![Contrololon en 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 en 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 en 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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