When did Francesco Albani live?

Francesco Albani lived from 1578 to 1660.

What movement was Francesco Albani part of?

Francesco Albani was part of the Early Baroque Italian movement.

Where can I see paintings by Francesco Albani?

Paintings by Francesco Albani are held by Hermitage Museum, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

Francesco Albani · Paintings, Biography & Famous Works

Italian, 1578–1660

Francesco Albani was an Italian Early Baroque Italian painter. 27 works are cataloged here, principally at Hermitage Museum, most of them oil paintings. Francesco Albani was born in Bologna.

Francesco Albani or Albano was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian descent who was active in Bologna, Rome, 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’.

Works by Francesco Albani

Collections represented

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Hermitage Museum

4 works at Hermitage Museum

Museum

Bavarian State Painting Collections

3 works at Bavarian State Painting Collections

Museum

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

3 works at Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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Fitzwilliam Museum

3 works at Fitzwilliam Museum

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Works by Francesco Albani

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