Camillo Massimo
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| Born | 20 July 1620 |
| Died | 12 September 1677 (aged 57) Rome, Papal States |
| Previous post(s) | Cardinal-Priest of Sant'Eusebio
(1673-1676) |
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Camillo Massimi (20 July 1620 – 12 September 1677) was an Italian
cardinal in 17th century Rome, best remembered as a major patron of Baroque artists such as Poussin, Lorrain, Velázquez, Duquesnoy, Algardi, Francesco Fontana and Cosimo Fancelli
.
Biography
Born as Carlo in 1620 into the prominent princely
Apostolic Chamber
.
On 15 December 1653 Massimo was made
Valencia and Madrid. Back in Italy Monsignor Camillo Massimo retired in semi-exile — from 1658 until the end of the pontificate of Pope Clement IX in 1669 - in a town called Roccasecca dei Volsci
, in his 'Palazzo Baroniale'.
On 22 December 1670
1676 Papal conclave. In the same year he was opted for the title of Sant'Anastasia al Palatino
. He died in 1677 in Rome.
Massimi's portraits were painted by both
Christina of Sweden
with her library and collections.
Sources
- Haskell, Francis (1993). "Chapter 6". Patrons and Painters: Art and Society in Baroque Italy. 1980. Yale University Press. pp. 114–119.
- OCLC 53276621. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- Cheney, David M. "Camillo Cardinal Massimi". [self-published]
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