Gabriel da Fonseca was a Portuguese New Christian physician who worked as Pope Innocent X’s personal physician. He was a nephew of physician Rodrigo da Fonseca.
A bust of Fonseca by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, located in San Lorenzo in Lucina
Interior of the San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Innocent X, born Giovanni Battista Pamphilj, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 15 September 1644 to his death, in January 1655.
Portrait of Innocent X, by Diego Velázquez, 1650
Guido Reni's archangel Michael (Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini, Rome) tramples a Satan with the vividly recognizable features of Pope Innocent X.
Bronze statue of Innocent X from 1645 to 1649, by Alessandro Algardi.