Francesco Albani

Francesco Albani ( born August 17, 1578 Bologna, † October 4, 1660 ) was an Italian painter of the Bolognese School.

Albani had masters the Dutch Denys Calvaert, Lodovico Carracci and then the childhood friend and classmate Guido Reni, but then confronted him as a rival.

Albani made ​​about 45 altarpieces, which are in the style of the school of the Carracci. But prefer he painted idyllic objects of ancient myth or representations, as she gave him the simultaneous pastoral poetry, including Torquato Tasso and Guarini Guarino, at your fingertips. He should have had his second, very beautiful wife twelve children of such beauty that it the same as the most suitable models could serve for his Venus, Galatea, Amorinen and figures of angels. Full serenity and grace are the landscapes that often constitute a major part of his paintings. But no more already appreciated Albanis contemporaries this monotony towards the end of his life as much as before.

Works

  • Christ and the Samaritan Woman, 1610, oil on canvas, 263 x 179 cm ( Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, inv. No. GG 2698 )
  • The Holy Family, 1610, oil on copper, 37.5 x 28.5 cm ( private collection)
  • Apollo and Daphne, around 1615 /20, oil on copper, 17.5 x 35.5 cm (Paris, Musée du Louvre)
  • Hermaphroditus and Salmacis, oil on copper, 14 x 31 cm (Paris, Musée du Louvre)
  • Diana and Actaeon, 1617, oil on copper, 52 x 61 cm (Paris, Musée du Louvre)
  • The Toilet of Venus, 1621-1633, oil on canvas, 202 x 252 cm (Paris, Musée du Louvre)
  • The preaching of John the Baptist to 1630/35 (Lyon, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Inv. No. A 127)
  • Baptism of Christ, by 1630/35 (Lyon, Musée des Beaux -Arts, Inv. No. A 170)
  • Galatea in the shell chariot, around 1635, oil on canvas, 188 x 123 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Inv. No. 340)
  • Diana and Actaeon with nine Nymphs, 1639, oil on wood, 74.5 x 99.5 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Inv. No. 339 )
  • Cupids dance, circa 1640, oil on copper, 74.5 x 99 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Inv. No. 337 )
  • The Holy Family, by 1645/50, oil on copper, 67.5 x 51 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Inv. No. 346 )
  • Creation of Eve, to 1650/60, oil on canvas, tondo, diameter 68.5 cm (Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Inv. No. 343)
  • Annunciation, oil on copper, 62 x 47 cm (St. Petersburg, Hermitage )
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