Albani, Francesco Adonis Led by Cupids to Venus Painting ID:: 10738 new3/Albani, Francesco1.jpg
Adonis Led by Cupids to Venus detail of cupids, 1600, Mus??e du Louvre, Paris
Albani, Francesco The Holy Family (Sacra Famiglia) Painting ID:: 10740 Albani, Francesco3.jpg
The Holy Family (Sacra Famiglia) 1630-35, oil on canvas, Galleria Pitti, Florence
Albani, Francesco Acteon Changed into a Stag (mk05) Painting ID:: 20457 new5/Albani, Francesco-426986.jpg
Acteon Changed into a Stag (mk05) Canvas,20 1/2 x 24 1/2''(52 x 62 cm)Collection of Louis XIV before 1683
Albani, Francesco Summer Painting ID:: 62432 new21/Albani, Francesco-866292.jpg
Summer 1616-17 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome Francesco Albani, an exponent of the classical ideal, chose a format for his four tondos which, in his own words, "softened" his pictorial expression. The subject matter is taken from Philostratus (Eikones I,6) who describes the games of cupids throughout the four seasons: throwing apples in spring, the fiery furnace of summer, Venus and Adonis taking their farewell in autumn and sleep in winter. Author: ALBANI, Francesco Title: Summer , 1601-1650 , Italian Form: painting , mythological
Albani, Francesco Autumn Painting ID:: 62433 new21/Albani, Francesco-864593.jpg
Autumn 1616-17 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome Francesco Albani, an exponent of the classical ideal, chose a format for his four tondos which, in his own words, "softened" his pictorial expression. The subject matter is taken from Philostratus (Eikones I,6) who describes the games of cupids throughout the four seasons: throwing apples in spring, the fiery furnace of summer, Venus and Adonis taking their farewell in autumn and sleep in winter.
Albani, Francesco Winter Painting ID:: 62434 new21/Albani, Francesco-359668.jpg
Winter 1616-17 Oil on canvas Galleria Borghese, Rome Francesco Albani, an exponent of the classical ideal, chose a format for his four tondos which, in his own words, "softened" his pictorial expression. The subject matter is taken from Philostratus (Eikones I,6) who describes the games of cupids throughout the four seasons: throwing apples in spring, the fiery furnace of summer, Venus and Adonis taking their farewell in autumn and sleep in winter. Author: ALBANI, Francesco Title: Winter , 1601-1650 , Italian Form: painting , mythological
Italian Baroque Era Painter, 1578-1660 Albani's students included Pier Francesco Mola and Andrea Sacchi. 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,