Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel

Pope Pius VII in the Sistine Chapel is an 1814 oil painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.

[1] 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.

[2] It was commissioned by Charles Marie Jean Baptiste Marcotte, a friend and patron of Ingres.

Today it is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, having been acquired in 1952.