PAINTER

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 origin 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Albani has received more than 95,879 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). Francesco Albani is the 360th most popular painter (down from 308th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,005th in 2019) and the 103rd 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 360 out of 2,023. Before him are Nicolai Abildgaard, Valentin Serov, Pierre Mignard, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Lorenzo Monaco, and Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov. After him are Stefan Lochner, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Elisabetta Sirani, Abraham Bloemaert, Balthus, and Jan Gossaert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Francesco Albani ranks 5. Before him are Philip III of Spain, Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, William Harvey, and François Ravaillac. After him are Adam Elsheimer, Fede Galizia, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Agostino Tassi, Benedetto Castelli, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari. Among people deceased in 1660, Francesco Albani ranks 10. Before him are Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Judith Leyster, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Gevherhan Sultan, Pieter Claesz, and William Oughtred. After him are Ayşe Sultan, Louise de Marillac, Alexandre de Rhodes, George II Rákóczi, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, and Paul Scarron.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Albani ranks 1,140 out of 5,161. Before him are Romano Guardini (1885), Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1843), Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598), Lorenzo Monaco (1370), Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417), and William III of Sicily (1185). After him are Vladimir Bartol (1903), Ivanoe Bonomi (1873), Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Gillo Pontecorvo (1919), Carlo Rubbia (1934), and Constantina (325).

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Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Albani ranks 103. Before him are John Singer Sargent (1856), Federico Zuccari (1539), Dosso Dossi (1480), Domenico Veneziano (1410), Taddeo Gaddi (1290), and Lorenzo Monaco (1370). After him are Elisabetta Sirani (1638), Francesco Melzi (1491), Giuseppe Castiglione (1688), Orcagna (1315), Lorenzo Costa (1460), and Giambattista Pittoni (1687).

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