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Francesco Albani (1578-1660)

• Was an Italian Baroque painter.
• Albani was active in Bologna, Rome, Viterbo, Mantova and Florence.
• By the age of twelve he had become an apprentice to the competent mannerist painter Denis Calvaert, in whose studio he met Guido Reni.
• He soon followed Reni to the so-called "Academy" run by Annibale, Agostino, and Ludovico Carracci.
• This studio fostered the careers of many painters of the Bolognese school, including Domenichino, Massari, Viola, Lanfranco, Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Pietro Faccini, Remigio Cantagallina, and Reni.
• Among his pupils were his brother Giovanni Battista Albani.
• His other pupils including Giacinto Bellini, Girolamo Bonini, Giacinto Campagna, Antonio Catalani, Carlo Cignani, Giovanni Maria Galli, Filippo Menzani, Bartolommeo Morelli, Andrea Sacchi, Andrea Sghizzi, Giovanni Battista Speranza, Antonio Maria del Sole, Emilio Taruffi, and Francesco Vaccaro.
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