 Head VI is an oil @-@ on @-@ canvas painting by the Irish @-@ born English figurative artist Francis Bacon , the last of six panels making up his " 1949 Head " series . It shows a bust view of a single figure , modeled on Diego Velázquez 's Portrait of Innocent X. Bacon applies forceful , expressive brush strokes , and places the figure within a glass cage structure , behind curtain @-@ like drapery . This gives the effect of a man trapped and suffocated by his surroundings , screaming into an airless void . 
 Head VI <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>is</mark></a>an oil @-@ on @-@ canvas painting by the Irish @-@ born English figurative artist Francis Bacon , the last of six panels making up his " 1949 Head " series . It <a href='uninflect' title='2'><mark>shows</mark></a> a bust view of a single figure , modeled on Diego Velázquez <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>Portrait of Innocent X. Bacon <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>applies</mark></a> forceful , expressive brush strokes , and <a href='uninflect' title='5'><mark>places</mark></a> the figure within a glass cage structure , behind curtain @-@ like drapery . This <a href='uninflect' title='6'><mark>gives</mark></a> the effect of a man trapped and suffocated by his surroundings , screaming into an airless void . 
Head VI an oil @-@ on @-@ canvas painting by the Irish @-@ born English figurative artist Francis Bacon , the last of six panels making up his " 1949 Head " series . It show a bust view of a single figure , modeled on Diego Velázquez  Portrait of Innocent X. Bacon apply forceful , expressive brush strokes , and place da figure within a glass cage structure , behind curtain @-@ like drapery . This give the effect of a man trapped and suffocated by his surroundings , screamin into an airless void .