Catholic Popes in Art Photos

The Catholic Church has had about 266 Popes during its approximately 2000 years of history. This pictorial index lists a few that have been depicted in painting or sculpture.

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Tablet of all Popes going back 2,000 years to St Peter in the Vatican Basilica dedicated to him. Vatican City.	Papal coins (14thC) with faces & symbols of Avignon popes at Papal Palace. Avignon, France.	Christ & Pope comparison painting (16thC) by a German Protestant artist at Pollok House. Glasgow, Scotland.	Papal panel from Dance of Death series at Museum of City of Füssen. Füssen, Germany.
ST PETER (32-67)
	German wood carving (1500-10) of St Peter by Master of Tiffen Altarpiece at Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY.	Sculpture of St Peter at St-Sulpice church. Paris, France.	Mosaic of Pope St Leo III (c800) (copy) neeling before St Peter at New Aachen City Museum. Aachen, Germany.
ST. CLEMENT I (88-97)
	Madonna & Child Enthroned with two angels, St Denis, St Dominic, Pope St Clement I, & St Thomas Aquinas painting (c1480-5) by Ghirlandaio (aka Domenico Bigordi) & workshop at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.	St Clement & Ste Lucia painting (end 15thC) by Master of Viella from Catalonia at Museum of Decorative Arts. Paris, France.	.
ST ZACHARY (741-52)
	Lombard King Ratchis, together with his wife Thesia & daughter Ratrudis, receive the Benedictine vestment from Pope Zacharias painting (c1743) by Johann Martin Speer at Bamberg City Museum. Bamberg, Germany.	.	.
ST LEO III (795-816)
	Crowning (800 CE) of Charlemagne by Pope Leon III mural (1874) by Henry-Léopold Levy at Pantheon. Paris, France.	Imperial coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III at Old St Peter in Rome painting (1856) by Joseph Kehren after Alfred Rethes at New Aachen City Museum. Aachen, Germany.	Plaque integrated into mosaics stating that Pope Leo III consecrated what is now known at the Palatine Chapel at Aachen Cathedral. Aachen, Germany.
CLEMENT VI (1342-52)
	Reception of Queen Joan by Pope Clement VI who then sold Avignon to him painting (1887) by Emile Lagier at Papal Palace. Avignon, France.	.	.
SIXTUS IV (1471-84)
	Portrait of Pope Sixtus IV (1545-6) by Titian (aka Tiziano Vecellio) at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.	.	.
JULIUS II (1503-13)
	Portrait of Pope Julius II (1510-1) by Raphael Sanzio & workshop at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.	Pope Julius II portrait (1511) by Raphael at National Gallery. London, United Kingdom.	Dying Slave carving for tomb of Pope Julius II (1513-5) by Michelangelo at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
LEO X (1513-21)
	Portrait of Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici & Luigi de' Rossi (c1518) by Raphael Sanzio at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.	.	.
PAUL III (1534-49)
	Ignatius of Loyola receives Papal Bull of Pope Paul III painting (17thC) by Juan de Valdés Leal of Séville at Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations. Marseille, France.	Architect Michelangelo presents Pope Paul III his plan for St Peters basilica in1546 painting (19thC) by Antoine-Dominique Magaud at Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations. Marseille, France.	.
JULIUS III (1550-55)
	Gold medal of Henry VIII as new Supreme Head of Church of England (1545) & Bronze medal of Pope Julius III (1554) by Giovanni da Cavino at British Museum. London, United Kingdom.	.	.
SIXTUS V (1585-90)
	Bronze bust of Pope Sixtus V (Peretti Montalto) (c1585-90) by Taddeo Landini at Bode Museum. Berlin, Germany.	Fortune teller sees future of young Pope Sixtus V painting (1824) by Jean-Victor Schnetz at Arras Fine Art Museum. Arras, France.	.
GREGORY XV (1621-23)
	Pope Gregory XV marble bust (1621) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Art Gallery of Ontario. Toronto, ON.	Pope Gregory XV bronze bust (c1621-2) by Gian Lorenzo Bernini at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.	.
ALEXANDER VII (1655-67)
	Alexander VII Monument by Bernini (1678) in St Peter's, Vatican, features Death with hourglass reaching from beneath sculpted drapery. Vatican City.	.	.
INNOCENT XII (1691-1700)
	Monument to Pope Imocent XII in St Peter's Church, Vatican City.	.	.
CLEMENT XI (1700-21)
	Pope Clement XI bronze portrait medal (1707) by Charles-Claude Dubut at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.	.	.
INNOCENT XIII (1721-24)
	Pope Innocent XIII (1655-1724) marble portrait bust (1755) by Joseph Claus at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.	.	.
BENEDICT XIII (1724-30)
	Pope Benedict XIII (1649-1730) marble portrait bust (1755) by Joseph Claus at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.	.	.
CLEMENT XII (1730-40)
	Pope Clement XII (1652-1740) marble portrait bust (1755) by Joseph Claus at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.	Terracotta bust of Pope Clement XII (Lorenzo Corsini) (after 1730) by Edmé Bouchardon of France at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.	.
BENEDICT XIV (1740-58)
	Pope Benedict XIV (1675-1758) marble portrait bust (1754) by Joseph Claus at Ashmolean Museum. Oxford, England.	Plenary indulgence (1750) issued to Sir Thomas by Pope Benedict XIV at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland.	.
CLEMENT XIV (1769-74)
	Marble bust of Pope Clement XIV (c1772) by Christopher Hewetson at Yale Center for British Art. New Haven, CT.	Lorenzo Ganganelli, Pope Clement XIV marble bust (1772) by Christopher Hewetson at National Gallery of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.	.
PIUS VII (1800-23)
	Portrait of Pope Pius VII (1805) by Jacques-Louis David at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.	Detail of Consecration of Emperor Napoleon I (1804) where Napoleon takes crown from Pope Pius VII and crowns himself painting by Jacques-Louis David at Louvre Museum. Paris, France.	.
BLESSED PIUS IX (1846-78)
	Pias IX in front of St Peter's Church facade, Vatican. Vatican City.	Mosaic of Pope Pie IX before Vatican proclaiming dogma of Immaculate Conception at Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière. Lyon, France.


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