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About Scipione Borghese
Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese was an Italian cardinal, art collector and patron of the arts. A member of the Borghese family, he was the patron of the painter Caravaggio and the artist Bernini. His legacy is the establishment of the art collection at the Villa Borghese in Rome.
Everything about Scipione Borghese →- Occupation
- art collector, librarian, diplomat, Catholic priest
- Position held
- Roman Catholic Archbishop of Bologna, Prefect of the Vatican Library, Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, cardinal
- Born
- 1577, 1576
- Died
- October 2, 1633, 1633