Cassiano dal Pozzo

Cassiano dal Pozzo
Cassiano dal Pozzo
	Jan van den Hoecke, Portrait of Cassiano dal Pozzo
Born	21 February 1588 ; Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Died	22 October 1657 (aged 69); Rome, Papal States
Resting place	Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Alma mater	University of Pisa ;
Occupation	Scientist, classical scholar

Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588 – 22 October 1657)^[1] was an Italian scholar and patron of arts. The secretary of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, he was an antiquary in the classicizing circle of Rome, and a long-term friend and patron of Nicolas Poussin, whom he supported from his earliest arrival in Rome: Poussin in a letter declared that he was "a disciple of the house and the museum of cavaliere dal Pozzo."^[2] A doctor with interests in the proto-science of alchemy, a correspondent of major figures like Galileo, a collector of books and master drawings, dal Pozzo was a node in the network of European scientific figures.

^ "Cassianus a Puteo" in scholarly circles. "A Puteo" in Latin, "dal Pozzo" in Italian, have the same literal meaning, "from the well".
^ Quoted in Walter Friedlaender, Nicolas Poussin: A New Approach (New York: Abrams) 1964, p. 19.

[1] "Cassianus a Puteo" in scholarly circles. "A Puteo" in Latin, "dal Pozzo" in Italian, have the same literal meaning, "from the well".

[2] Quoted in Walter Friedlaender, Nicolas Poussin: A New Approach (New York: Abrams) 1964, p. 19.

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Cassiano dal Pozzo
Jan van den Hoecke, Portrait of Cassiano dal Pozzo

Born	21 February 1588 Turin, Duchy of Savoy
Died	22 October 1657 (aged 69) Rome, Papal States
Resting place	Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Alma mater	University of Pisa
Occupation	Scientist, classical scholar