Camilla Barbadori (died 1609) was the mother of Cardinal Maffeo Barberini (1568-1644), the future Pope Urban VIII. Her bust was to join a companion piece of the cardinal's father, prince Antonio Barberini (1507-1571), in niches in the family vault at the Sant'Andrea della Valle in Rome. The bust was possibly commissioned by her eldest son Carlo Barberini (1562-1630), who became head of the Barberini family when his father died. The other son, Maffeo, would become Pope Urban VIII in 1623.
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