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| Aedes Barberinae frontispiece to the printed book written by Girolamo Teti supervised by Cassiano dal Pozzo Pope Urban VIII Barberini receiving his copy of the book engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Andrea Camassei 1642 British Museum |
"In 1623 the Tuscan Cardinal Maffeo Barberini was elected Pope and took the name of Urban VIII (reg. 1623-1644). His nepotism and extravagance were to be as notorious to moralists as their results were to be glorious for the arts, and one of his first acts was to make his nephew, the abate Francesco, a cardinal. Soon afterwards Cassiano was appointed to the young Cardinal's household and began to receive additional revenues from the various religious institutions attached to some of the posts that he occupied. Thus for the next 21 years he held a position near the center of one of the most cultivated of European courts; his official duties do not appear to have been arduous or time-consuming – but they gave him ample opportunity to keep himself fully informed about those aspects of modern life (such as official ceremonies, popular sports and international politics) that continued to fascinate him even when he was devoting most of his energy to antiquity and the sciences; and his income was more than adequate for his needs, though never remotely comparable to that of his employer or any of the other rich collectors of the day. . . . The even tenor of his life was interrupted by the death of Pope Urban VIII in 1644 and the flight from Rome of Cardinal Francesco Barberini in the following year, but he suffered no more than the loss of his official position (and some of the income that derived from it): the fact that his close association with the defunct regime did not lead to further problems suggests that his political involvement with it was not considered to have been of much importance. He was in any case re-instated when Cardinal Barberini returned after a short exile in Paris, and the election to the papacy of his friend Fabio Chigi as Alexander VII (reg. 1655-1667) ensured that the last years of his life were spent as agreeably as was compatible with his increasing ill health."
– Francis Haskell, from his catalog introduction for the 1993 exhibition in the Prints and Drawings Gallery at the British Museum, The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588-1657)
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| Aedes Barberinae illustration to the printed book by Girolamo Teti supervised by Cassiano dal Pozzo Allegory of Divine Providence (detail of Salone ceiling, Palazzo Barberini) engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert after Pietro da Cortona 1642 British Museum |
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| Aedes Barberini illustration to the printed book by Girolamo Teti supervised by Cassiano dal Pozzo Bears of Prudence (detail of Salone ceiling, Palazzo Barberini) engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Pietro da Cortona 1642 British Museum |
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| Aedes Barberinae illustration to the printed book by Girolamo Teti supervised by Cassiano dal Pozzo Griffin of Manlius Torquatus (detail of Salone ceiling, Palazzo Barberini) engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Pietro da Cortona 1642 British Museum |
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| Aedes Barberinae illustration to the printed book by Girolamo Teti supervised by Cassiano dal Pozzo Hercules Battling Harpies (detail of Salone ceiling, Palazzo Barberini) engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Pietro da Cortona 1642 British Museum |
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| Accadmia Partenia Allegory with Flying Jupiter for the Accademia Partenia (cult of the Virgin within the Collegio Romano under Barberini patronage) engraving by Karl Audran after Pietro da Cortona ca. 1623-40 British Museum |
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| Accademia Partenia Allegory with Cybele, Time, and Apollo for Accademia Partenia (cult of the Virgin within the Collegio Romano under Barberini patronage) engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Giovanni Lanfranco 1642 British Museum |
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| Accademia Partenia Allegory with Minerva and the Muses on Parnassus for Accademia Partenia (cult of the Virgin within the Collegio Romano under Barberini patronage) engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Giovanni Lanfranco 1642 British Museum |
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| Documenti d'amore title page to the printed book of poetry written by supposed Barberini ancestor, Francesco da Barberino (1264-1348) Cupid reaching toward three heraldic Barberini bees publication sponsored by Cardinal Francesco Barberini engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert after Andrea Camassei 1640 British Museum |
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| Documenti d'amore illustration to the printed book of poetry by Francesco da Barberino (1264-1348) Seated woman embroidering engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Camillo Massimi 1640 engraving British Museum |
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| Hesperides proof of title-page to printed book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari sponsored by Cassiano dal Pozzo Hesperides presenting olive crown to Hercules engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Pietro da Cortona 1646 British Museum |
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| Hesperides title-page to printed book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari sponsored by Cassiano dal Pozzo Hesperides presenting olive crown to Hercules engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Pietro da Cortona 1646 British Museum |
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| Hesperides illustration to printed book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari sponsored by Cassiano dal Pozzo Harmonillus transformed into a lime tree engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert after Andrea Sacchi 1646 British Museum |
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| Hesperides illustration to printed book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari sponsored by Cassiano dal Pozzo Arrival of Hesperides in Naples engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Giovanni Lanfranco 1646 British Museum |
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| Hesperides illustration to printed book on citrus fruit by Giovanni Battista Ferrari sponsored by Cassiano dal Pozzo Cultivation of lemons in Genoa engraving by Johann Friedrich Greuter after Guido Reni 1646 British Museum |