Francesco Albani or Albano (17 March or 17 August 1578 β 4 October 1660) was an Italian Baroque painter who was active in Bologna (1591β1600), Rome (1600β1609), Bologna (1609), Viterbo (1609β1610), Bologna (1610), Rome (1610β1617), Bologna (1618β1660), Mantova (1621β1622), Roma (1623β1625) and Florence (1633).