Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · 1814 · oil on canvas

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel is an 1814 oil painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It depicts the Pope Pius VII conducting Mass in Sistine Chapel in Rome. Pius had previously been kidnapped and detained in France by Napoleon, so Ingres emphasises his restored authority. It was commissioned by Charles Marie Jean Baptiste Marcotte, a friend and patron of Ingres.

Image courtesy of The National Gallery of Art.

Available as a made-to-order museum-quality canvas print: stretched or framed.