Francesco Albani
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Francesco Albani |
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| Description | Italian painter, draughtsman and fresco painter |
| Date of birth | 17 March 1578 |
| Place of birth | Bologna |
| Date of death | 4 October 1660 |
| Place of death | Bologna |
[edit] Works
[edit] Apollo and Daphne
ca. 1615-1620
oil on copper on panel
17.5 × 35.5 cm
1693: presented to Louis XIV of France by André Le Nôtre
1793: transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts (now Musée du Louvre), Paris (INV 18)
[edit] Hermaphroditus and Salmacis
ca. 1630-1640
oil on copper on panel
14 × 31 cm
1693: presented to Louis XIV of France by André Le Nôtre
1793: transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts (now Musée du Louvre), Paris (INV 19)