Figure with Meat
1954 painting by Francis Bacon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Figure with Meat is a 1954 painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. The figure is based on the Pope Innocent X portrait by Diego Velázquez; however, in the Bacon painting the Pope is shown as a gruesome figure and placed between two bisected halves of a cow.
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Artist | Francis Bacon |
Year | 1954 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 129.9 cm × 121.9 cm (51.1 in × 48.0 in) |
Location | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago |
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The carcass hanging in the background is likely derived from Rembrandt's Slaughtered Ox, 1655. The painting is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.[1]