An enlightened patron, Poussin’s first protector
Secretary of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, the Cavalier Dal Pozzo launched Poussin’s arrival in Rome with the responsibility of the altarpiece of the Martyrdom of Saint Erasmus (Vatican Museum) destined for Saint-Pierre.
Fascinated by antiquity, at the head of a group of art lovers, he led a team of artists, of which Nicolas Poussin was a part of, to reproduce a high number of ancient and classical architecture pieces.
Sponsor of the first series of the Seven Sacraments, he possesses no less than twenty works of the artist. Poussin drafted a tomb for him when he died.