Francesco Albani
Francesco Albani | |
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Self-portrait, c. 1635, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna | |
| Born | 17 March or 17 August 1578 |
| Died | 4 October 1660 (aged 82) Bologna, Romagna, Papal States (modern Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) |
| Education | Ludovico Carracci |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Notable work | Nativity of the Virgin (c. 1598) |
| Movement | Baroque |
| Patrons | Vincenzo Giustiniani |
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Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 – 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian descent who was active in Bologna (1591–1600; 1609; 1610; 1618–1622), Rome (1600–1609; 1610–1617; 1623–1625), Viterbo (1609–1610), Mantua (1621–1622) and Florence (1633). He was a distinguished artist of the Bolognese school, deeply influenced by Annibale Carracci’s classicism. His fame rests on his idyllic landscapes and small mythological pictures, the lyrical qualities of which earned him the soubriquet ‘the Anacreon of painters’.