Pope Francis Portrait Commissioned to American Master Artist, Igor Babailov, Hon. RAA
NASHVILLE, April 30, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Igor Babailov, Hon. RAA, Vatican Papal artist of Saint John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, has just returned from Rome to paint his official portrait of Pope Francis for the Vatican, and will have painted three Popes, one of whom is now a Saint. Official arrangements were made for the artist to go to the Vatican where he drew sketches of Pope Francis from life, met him and received his blessing. His Vatican portraits are officially commissioned and privately sponsored by distinguished art patrons and friends of the Vatican and hang in the Vatican Museums.