Barberini

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Barberini is an influential Italian noble family from Florence and Rome, best known for producing Pope Urban VIII and for its major patronage of Baroque art and architecture.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Barberini canonical 4
Barberini family 2
Barberini sun 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian noble family
Pope
palace
architect Carlo Maderno
Francesco Borromini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
associatedArtwork The Triumph of Divine Providence ceiling fresco by Pietro da Cortona
surface form: Triumph of Divine Providence (Pietro da Cortona fresco)
associatedBuilding Palazzo Barberini, Rome
surface form: Palazzo Barberini alle Quattro Fontane

Basilica di Sant’Andrea della Valle
surface form: Sant’Andrea della Valle

Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza
surface form: Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza (through patronage network)
coatOfArms three bees on a blue field
country Italy
culturalLegacy major collection of art and antiquities
dynasticAlliance Aldobrandini family
Colonna family
eraOfProminence 17th century
familySeat Palazzo Barberini, Rome
surface form: Palazzo Barberini
historicalActivity banking and commerce (early family history)
ecclesiastical careers
houseStyle Baroque
influenced Roman Baroque urbanism
knownFor patronage of Baroque architecture
patronage of Baroque art
language Italian
linkedToEvent War of Castro (through Urban VIII and nephews)
location Rome
memberOf Barberini self-linksurface differs
motto Non sine causa (attributed to Urban VIII and family arms)
notableMember Antonio Barberini (cardinal, younger)
Antonio Marcello Barberini (cardinal, elder)
Francesco Barberini (cardinal)
Maffeo Barberini
Pope Urban VIII
origin Florence
Rome
papalName Pope Urban VIII
surface form: Urban VIII
patronageFocus church decoration in Rome
monumental palace architecture
patronOf Francesco Borromini
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Pietro da Cortona
politicalRole influence in Papal States
region Lazio
Tuscany
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
socialStatus nobility
timePeriod Baroque era
typeOfNobility Roman aristocracy

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Urban VIII familyName Barberini
Pope Urban VIII memberOf Barberini
this entity surface form: Barberini family
Pope Urban VIII nobleFamily Barberini
this entity surface form: Barberini family
Barberini memberOf Barberini self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Maffeo Barberini
Maffeo Barberini familyName Barberini
The Triumph of Divine Providence ceiling fresco by Pietro da Cortona depicts Barberini
subject surface form: The Triumph of Divine Providence
this entity surface form: Barberini sun