Study after Velazquez (Small)

Francis Bacon’s painting ‘Study after Velázquez’ (1950), edited into a series of prints by HENI in 2016, is part of his series of works based on Diego Velázquez’s ‘Portrait of Pope Innocent X’ (1650). While these paintings have become synonymous with the artist’s practice and his conflicted relationships with authority figures, their suggestive potentials remain enigmatic.