About This Artwork

Alessandro Algardi (Follower of)
Italian, 1598-1654

Posthumous Bust of Pope Pius V, c. 1650

Terracotta
23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm)
Gift of Max Epstein, 1935.78

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Ownership History

Max Epstein, Chicago, before 1928; loaned to the Art Institute, 1928 [1088.28]; given to the Art Institute, June 1935.