Albani Francesco
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Italian, 1578-1660
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was a distinguished artist of the Bolognese school, deeply influenced by Annibale Carracci's classicism, who worked in Rome as well as Bologna, painting altarpieces, frescoes and and cabinet pictures. His fame rests on his idyllic landscapes and small mythological pictures, |
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La toilette de Venus or L'Air (mk05) new5/Albani Francesco-225793.jpg Painting ID:: 20458
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Canvas,79 x 99 1/4''(202 x 252 cm)Commissioned in 1621 by Ferdinando Gonzaga for the Villa Favorita in Mantua;acquired for the Collection of Louis XIV in 1684 |
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