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Francesco Albani

1578–1660 · Papal States

Born
1578 · Bologna
Died
1660 · Bologna

38 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Francesco Albani was an Italian Baroque painter of Albanian descent, active in Bologna, Rome, Viterbo, Mantua, and Florence. A distinguished artist of the Bolognese school, he was deeply influenced by Annibale Carracci’s classicism and known for his idyllic landscapes and mythological pictures.

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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’.

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Selected registered works by Francesco Albani

Selected from 38 works by Francesco Albani in the Collect24 Registry.

Francesco Albani, The toilet of Venus

Francesco Albani

The toilet of Venus, 1635

oil paint

114 × 171 cm

Museo del Prado

C24-384401

Francesco Albani, Diana Bathing

Francesco Albani

Diana Bathing, 1578–1660

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash

20.3 × 17.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-473662

Francesco Albani, Diana and Actaeon

Francesco Albani

Diana and Actaeon, 1617

copper

52 × 61.5 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-278223

Francesco Albani, Salmacis and Hermaphroditus

Francesco Albani

Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, 1610

copper

14 × 31 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-278209

Francesco Albani, Toilet of Venus

Francesco Albani

Toilet of Venus, 1627

oil paint

202 × 252 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-276859

Francesco Albani, The Cupids Disarmed

Francesco Albani

The Cupids Disarmed, 1621

oil paint

202 × 251 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-276867

Francesco Albani, Jésus-Christ servi par les anges

Francesco Albani

Jésus-Christ servi par les anges, 1700

copper

40 × 55 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-239243

Francesco Albani, Goddess Inciting a Warrior

Francesco Albani

Goddess Inciting a Warrior, 1578–1660

Pen and brown ink, over black chalk

33.3 × 26.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-561343

Francesco Albani, Rest on the Flight into Egypt

Francesco Albani

Rest on the Flight into Egypt, 1650

copper

76 × 95 cm

Department of Paintings of the Louvre

C24-241289

Francesco Albani, Holy Family with Angels

Francesco Albani

Holy Family with Angels, 1609

36.2 × 27.3 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-451960

Francesco Albani, Rape of Europa

Francesco Albani

Rape of Europa, 1642

oil paint

170 × 224 cm

Hermitage Museum

C24-426149

Francesco Albani, The Annunciation

Francesco Albani

The Annunciation, 1630

copper

62 × 47 cm

Hermitage Museum

C24-424919

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