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Francesco Albani

1578 - 1660

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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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Albani is the 356th most popular painter (up from 360th in 2019), the 1,118th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,140th in 2019) and the 96th most popular Italian Painter.

Francesco Albani was a painter of the Bolognese School, who studied under Guido Reni. He is most famous for his frescoes in the Palazzo Spada in Rome.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Francesco Albani ranks 356 out of 2,023. Before him are Horace Vernet, Léon Bonnat, Anna Maria van Schurman, Philipp Otto Runge, Jeanne Hébuterne, and Utamaro. After him are Catharina van Hemessen, David Teniers the Younger, Michael Ancher, Francesco Melzi, Aleksandra Ekster, and Vasily Perov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Francesco Albani ranks 6. Before him are Philip III of Spain, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, William Harvey, François Ravaillac, and Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg. After him are Adam Elsheimer, Fede Galizia, Agostino Tassi, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, and Benedetto Castelli. Among people deceased in 1660, Francesco Albani ranks 9. Before him are Vincent de Paul, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, William Oughtred, Judith Leyster, Pieter Claesz, and Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange. After him are Louise de Marillac, Gevherhan Sultan, George II Rákóczi, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Ayşe Sultan, and Alexandre de Rhodes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Albani ranks 1,118 out of 5,161. Before him are Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431), Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Milonia Caesonia (7), Eleonora Duse (1858), and Antonio da Sangallo the Younger (1484). After him are Beniamino Gigli (1890), Lucius Accius (-170), Elsa Martinelli (1935), Melania the Younger (383), Ferdinand II of Naples (1467), and Drusus Julius Caesar (-13).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Albani ranks 96. Before him are Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), Carlo Crivelli (1430), Bernardino Luini (1475), Alessandro Allori (1535), and John Singer Sargent (1856). After him are Francesco Melzi (1491), Luigi Russolo (1885), Carlo Carrà (1881), Dosso Dossi (1480), Giovanni Segantini (1858), and Elisabetta Sirani (1638).

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