While still very young he went to Rome to work at the court of Cardinal Antonio Maria Salviati. He attended the Accademia degli Incitati the Accademia di San Luca, where he probably met the Dominican mathematician Ignazio Danti, and was introduced into the learned circles of Baroque Rome.
At a very tender age, he journeyed to Rome to serve at Cardinal Antonio Maria Salviati's court. He enrolled in the Accademia degli Incitati and the Accademia di San Luca, where he probably crossed paths with Dominican mathematician Ignazio Danti, and became acquainted with the erudite community of Baroque Rome.