Cassiano dal Pozzo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian scholar and art patron
Date of Birth: 21-Feb-1588
Place of Birth: Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Date of Death: 22-Oct-1657
Profession: scientist, classical scholar
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Cassiano dal Pozzo
- Cassiano dal Pozzo (1588 – 22 October 1657) 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." 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.
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