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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 who was active in Bologna (1591–1600), Rome (1600–1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609–1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610–1617), Bologna (1618–1660), Mantova (1621–1622), Roma (1623–1625) and Florence (1633). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francesco Albani has received more than 90,235 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Francesco Albani is the 308th most popular painter (up from 367th in 2019), the 1,008th most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,157th in 2019) and the 86th 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 308 out of 1,421Before him are Thomas Couture, Masolino da Panicale, Viktor Vasnetsov, Horace Vernet, Karel van Mander, and Pieter Aertsen. After him are Rosalba Carriera, Philipp Otto Runge, Hendrik Goltzius, Cosimo Rosselli, Paulus Potter, and Alexej von Jawlensky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1578, Francesco Albani ranks 5Before him are Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip III of Spain, William Harvey, and François Ravaillac. After him are Adam Elsheimer, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Fede Galizia, Charles d'Albert, duc de Luynes, Agostino Tassi, John Webster, and Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari. Among people deceased in 1660, Francesco Albani ranks 9Before him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Gaston, Duke of Orléans, Judith Leyster, Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Pieter Claesz, and Gevherhan Sultan. After him are William Oughtred, Ayşe Sultan, Paul Scarron, George II Rákóczi, Louise de Marillac, and Alexandre de Rhodes.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Albani ranks 1,008 out of 4,668Before him are Franco Columbu (1941), Liutprand of Cremona (922), Luigi Riva (1944), Mirella Freni (1935), Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan (1470), and Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249). After him are Roberto Cavalli (1940), Rosalba Carriera (1673), Emma Morano (1899), Giambattista della Porta (1535), Andrea Amati (1505), and Michele Placido (1946).

Among PAINTERS In Italy

Among painters born in Italy, Francesco Albani ranks 86Before him are Carlo Carrà (1881), Francesco Melzi (1491), John Singer Sargent (1856), Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), François Gérard (1770), and Masolino da Panicale (1383). After him are Rosalba Carriera (1673), Cosimo Rosselli (1439), Niccolò dell'Abbate (1512), Pietro Cavallini (1240), Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691), and Daniele da Volterra (1509).