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==Biography==
Urbano Barberini was born in Rome, the son of [[Maffeo Barberini (1631-1685)|Maffeo Barberini]] and [[Olimpia Giustiniani]], whose marriage had reconciled the Barberini with the papacy after the [[Wars of Castro]] and falling out with [[Pope Innocent X]]. His elder brother was [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] [[Francesco Barberini (
At his father's death in 1685 he inherited the Barberini [[comune]] of [[Palestrina]] and became the 3rd Barberini Prince of Palestrina. He also inherited a number of artworks including [[Caravaggio]]'s ''[[The Cardsharps]]'', <ref>[https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-198706 "The Cardsharps", Kimball Art Museum]</ref> [[Parmigianino]]'s "The Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene", (c. 1535–40), and "The Madonna and Child with Saint Martina", (c. 1645) by [[Pietro da Cortona]].<ref>[https://kimbellart.org/collection/ap-198407 "The Madonna and Child with Saint Martina", Kimball Art Museum]</ref> Like his father, he was made a Knight of the [[Order of the Golden Fleece]] (in 1687). In November 1691, he attended a concert at [[Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome|Santa Maria della Vittoria]] commemorating the [[Battle of Lepanto]].<ref>[https://performart.huma-num.fr/schede/P-000-300-074/# "Barbarini, Urbano", PerformArt Database]</ref>
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