"Giovanni Faber"@en . "1574Z"^^ . "1629Z"^^ . . "Giovanni Faber (or Johann Faber) (1574\u20131629) was a German papal doctor, botanist and art collector, originally from Bamberg in Bavaria, who lived in Rome from 1598. He was curator of the Vatican botanical garden, a member and the secretary of the Accademia dei Lincei. He acted throughout his career as a political broker between Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria and Rome. He was a friend of fellow Linceian Galileo Galilei, and the German painters in Rome, Johann Rottenhammer and Adam Elsheimer."@en . . . "Faber, Giovanni"@en . . . . . "German doctor, botanist, and art collector" . . .