Albani Francesco 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, Sacra Famiglia (mk08) c.1630-1635
Oil on canvas,
57x43cm
Florence,Galleria Pitti
