Papal sculptures

I am feeling a need for sculpture, especially marble and especially Renaissance or baroque.   Given recent events in Rome, I thought it would be interesting to look for paintings and sculptures of past popes.   Here are a few of those I found. 

Pope Pius II, 1501-04, by Michelangelo (marble)

Pope Paul III, ca. 1547, by Guglielmo della Porta (marble)

Pope Urban VIII, 1632-33, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (bronze) (personal favorite)

Pope Benedict XIII, 1724, by Pietro Bracci (terracotta)

Pope Benedict XIII, 1762-73, by Pietro Bracci  (marble)

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Comments

[bruce]

found you via riley dog. great idea. like a daily meditation. thanks! bruce

[Ciara]

Thank you, Bruce! I hope you will come by often and, even more, that you will find lots of good stuff here.