Barberini Cabinet. Artist and publisher: After woodcut illustrations by Francesco Del Tuppo (Italian, 1443/44-1501) , published in Naples in 1485. Culture: Italian, Florence. Dimensions: 23 1/4 x 38 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (59.1 x 96.8 x 35.9 cm). Maker: Galleria dei Lavori, Florence. Date: ca. 1606-23."The Barberini family in the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries presents a virtual paradigm of the well-managed Roman family. The Barberini recognized that the way to power and wealth lay through the Church and that the perpetuation of the family was dependent on marriage; and they accordingly consistently pursued both of those channels of family development. For several generations they were blessed with sufficient male offspring, and they managed this natural resource to the benefit of the family as a whole."1 In line with this tradition, Maffeo (1568-1644), the second youngest of Antonio Barberini's six sons, left Florence in 1584, to take up residence and continue his education at
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