Francesco Albani

Italian · 1578–1660 · Painter, Printmaker

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… (Wikipedia)

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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’.

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Born 1578, BolognaDied 1660, BolognaOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q358147 ↗ULAN 500005860 ↗Museum works 19

Baroque

Also known as Albani, Anacreon of Painters, Francesco Albani Bolognese, Francesco Albano, Francis Albano, Francisco Albani, Francisco Albano, François Albane and 2 other name forms

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Francesco Albani, Goddess Inciting a Warrior — **Goddess Inciting a Warrior**1578–1660 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Cephas G. Thompson, 1887 — Open Acces…

Francesco Albani, Plate — **Plate**second quarter 18th century · Hard-paste porcelain
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase,…

Francesco Albani, Diana Bathing — **Diana Bathing**1578–1660 · Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1961 — Open Access (CC0)

Francesco Albani, Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus — **Engraver's Copy After The Toilet of Venus**17th century · Pen and brown ink
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880 — Open Acc…

Francesco Albani, The Loves of Venus and Adonis — **The Loves of Venus and Adonis**before 1741 · Engraving and etching
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925 — Open Access…

Francesco Albani, Paris Awarding the Apple to Venus — **Paris Awarding the Apple to Venus**red chalk
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Francesco Albani, The Maritime Realm, Neptune and Amphitrite — **The Maritime Realm, Neptune and Amphitrite**1650
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Francesco Albani, Toilet of Venus — **Toilet of Venus**1660
Tosio Martinengo Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Tosio Martinengo Gallery

Francesco Albani, The Holy Family — **The Holy Family**1610
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/b4f8c4ff3e497acf9985a66a23b7cafd ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

Francesco Albani, Untitled — **Untitled**1641
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon

Francesco Albani, Stories of Aeneas by Francesco Albani — **Stories of Aeneas by Francesco Albani**
Palazzo Fava ↗
CC BY 3.0 · Sailko, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0) — Palazzo Fava

Francesco Albani, Apollo and Daphne — **Apollo and Daphne**1615
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Paintings of the Louvre

Francesco Albani, Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis — **Virgin and Child Adored by Saint Francis**c. 1606 · Oil on copper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Cyrus Hall McCormick Fund — public domain (CC0)

Francesco Albani, Rest on the Flight into Egypt — **Rest on the Flight into Egypt**1657 · Black chalk, with pen and brown and black ink and traces of red chalk, on blue-gray laid paper, laid down
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Francesco Albani, Standing Nude Warrior, possibly Mars, with Shield — **Standing Nude Warrior, possibly Mars, with Shield**n.d. · Black chalk, with touches of pen and brown ink, on tan laid paper, tipped onto ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Francesco Albani, Holy Family with Two Angels — **Holy Family with Two Angels**1609/10 · Graphite on tan laid paper, squared in graphite, edge mounted on cream wove card
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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