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Domenico Guidi
Portrait of Pope Alexander VIII1691

On view: David Geffen GalleriesModel Lives in Baroque Italy
Bronze bust sculpture of a bearded man in an ecclesiastical cape with intricate relief carvings, mounted on a stepped pedestal, warm golden-brown patina
Bronze bust portrait of a bearded man turned in three-quarter view, wearing a clerical skullcap and elaborately draped vestments with finely cast relief ornamentation along the central band, mounted on a stepped rectangular plinth, warm golden-brown patina throughout.
Bronze bust of an elderly bearded man wearing a skullcap and ecclesiastical vestments with deeply carved decorative embroidery, turned slightly to the right, mounted on a stepped rectangular plinth, with warm golden-brown patina and expressive surface modeling.
Terracotta bust viewed from behind, figure wearing a cap and broad draped cape with ornamental shoulder details, mounted on a stepped rectangular plinth; visible cracking across the hollow interior of the cape, warm golden-brown surface throughout.

Domenico Guidi, Portrait of Pope Alexander VIII, 1691, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Domenico Guidi
Italy, Rome, 1625-1701
Title
Portrait of Pope Alexander VIII
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
1691
Medium
Gilded earthenware on gilded wood socle
Dimensions
Overall incl socle: 36 1/4 × 32 1/2 × 17 1/2 in. (92.08 × 82.55 × 44.45 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation
Accession Number
47.8.30
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Valentiner, W.R. Gothic and Renaissance Sculptures: in the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum, 1951.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
  • Schaefer, Scott, and Peter Fusco. European Painting and Sculpture in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art: an Illustrated Summary Catalogue. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1987.