The painting depicts Pope Benedict in red vestments sitting on the throne of his 19th- century predecessor Pope Leo XII, where he is surrounded by the angels and the Holy Spirit.

LONDON, March 15 – A dark Francis Bacon painting of a screaming pope, said to be the earliest in his series of papal depictions, went on display in London on Tuesday, the first time the artwork ...

Screaming pope painting by Francis Bacon goes on display for first time. By Reuters. March 15, 2022 3:09 PM UTC Updated March 15, 2022 Item 1 of 2 A gallery assistant poses with a ...

This is a painting by George Perez of Vineland, N.J., that was commissioned by the Global Solidarity Fund, a nonprofit anti-poverty group, and presented to Pope Francis as a gift in late February ...

In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A brilliant setting sun illuminates a field as a ...

The painting is not, however, expected to match the £42.2 million ($64.7 million) fetched by Bacon’s Portrait of George Dyer Talking (1966) last year at Christie’s London, now the record for ...

Art & Exhibitions Caravaggio’s Painting of a Future Pope—Hidden for Years—Is Unveiled in Rome. The sitter, Maffeo Barberini, became pope in 1623.

What a sunny van Gogh painting of ‘The Sower’ tells us about Pope Leo’s message of hope By Virginia Raguin , College of the Holy Cross June 4, 2025 Eds: This story was supplied by The ...