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| | :: Galleria Doria Pamphilj - Roma |
 | | The picture, which is one of the most important of the Doria Pamphilj collection and absolutely one of the masterpieces of portraiture of the whole seventeenth century, portrays one of the key figures of the family, Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, pope from 1644 to 1655 with the name of Innocent X.. |
 | | It might be, judging by the pose of the person described and the dimensions, the “picture on canvas with frame of six palms, with portrait of Pope Innocent seated, with gilt frame”, described as being “in the rooms in which died his Excellency, the Prince”. |
 | | Here are described, in the “big room”, many of the pictures still in situ, (“Pope Innocent X of 5 and 6 palms, seated, by Diego Valasco, with smooth, gilt frame”). |
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