ALBANI, FRANCESCO


Meaning of ALBANI, FRANCESCO in English

or Francesco Albano

born March 17, 1578, Bologna, Papal States

died October 1660, Bologna

Italian painter.

He trained with the Carracci family in Bologna then moved to Rome in 1601 and collaborated with Annibale Carracci and Domenichino on the decoration of the Farnese Palace. While in Rome he established his own studio and painted frescoes in various churches and palaces. In 1617 he returned to Bologna and produced altarpieces, allegorical paintings, and idyllic landscapes. His best-known paintings are of mythological and poetic subjects.

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