(b Bologna, 17 March 1578; d Bologna, 4 Oct 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, the lyrical qualities of which earned him the soubriquet ‘the Anacreon of painters’.

• Albani, Francesco
  • Academy, §2: The first official academies
  • Bologna, §II, 2: Art life and organization, after c 1400
  • Nude, §3: Baroque, Rococo and Neo-classicism, 1600–1800
  • Rome, §III, 5(ii): Art life and organization, 1601–1700: Patronage and collections
  • assistants
    • Domenichino, §1(i): Bologna and Rome, 1581–1612
    • Galli-Bibiena
  • book illustrations
    • Lanfranco, Giovanni, §6: Naples, 1634–46
  • collaboration
    • Carracci, §II: (3) Annibale Carracci, §I, 1(iii): Paintings: Rome, 1601–9
    • Carracci, §II: (3) Annibale Carracci, §III: Working methods and technique
    • Massari, Lucio
    • Reni, Guido, §I, 2: Rome and Bologna, 1601–14
    • Viola, Giovanni Battista
  • frames
    • Frame, §II, 3(iv): Italian Renaissance: Cassetta frames
    • Frame, §II, 5: Italian Baroque
    • Frame, §II, 7: Italian Neo-classical and Empire
  • interior decoration
    • Carracci, §II: (4) Antonio Carracci
  • paintings
    • Aldobrandini: (2) Pietro Aldobrandini
    • Illusionism, §2(i)(b): Large-scale projects, c 1600–c 1700
    • Mattei: (2) Asdrubale Mattei
    • Medici, de’: (23) Giovanni Carlo de’ Medici
  • patrons and collectors
    • Condé, Henry II de Bourbon, Prince de (1588-1646)
      • Condé: (1) Henry II, Prince de
    • Créquy, Charles de Blanchefort de
      • Lesdiguièresde: (2) Charles de Blanchefort, Maréchal de Créquy and Duc de Lesdiguières
    • Einden, van den (family)
      • Einden, van den
    • Ferdinando, 6th Duke of Mantua (reg 1612-26)
      • Gonzaga: (16) Ferdinando Gonzaga
    • Filomarino, Ascanio, Cardinal
      • Filomarino, Ascanio
    • Franzone, Agostino (i) (fl 1678)
      • Franzone
    • Giori, Angelo, Cardinal
      • Giori, Angelo
    • Giustiniani (i), Vincenzo, Marchese
      • Giustiniani (i): (2) Vincenzo Giustiniani
    • Lanier, Nicholas
      • Lanier, Nicholas
    • Louis XIV, King of France (reg 1643-1715)
      • Bourbon, §I: (8) Louis XIV, King of France, §4: Painting, graphic arts and manuscripts
    • Peretti(-Montalto), Alessandro, Cardinal
      • Peretti: (2) Cardinal Alessandro Peretti-Montalto
    • Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre, Comte de
      • Pourtalès-Gorgier, James-Alexandre
    • Sampieri (family)
      • Sampieri
    • Savoy, Maurice of, Cardinal
      • Savoy, §II: (6) Cardinal Maurice of
    • Sebregondi, Nicolo
      • Sebregondi, Nicolò
    • Spencer, John, 1st Earl Spencer
      • Spencer: (2) John Spencer
    • Tallard, Marie-Joseph d'Hostun, Duc de
      • Tallard, Marie-Joseph d’Hostun
    • Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Richard, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
      • Grenville: (3) Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
    • Uffelen, Lucas van
      • Uffelen, Lucas van
  • pupils
    • Cignani, Carlo
    • Mola (iii): (2) Pier Francesco Mola, §1: Early works and travels in northern Italy, before 1647
    • Sacchi, Andrea
    • Sacchi, Andrea, §1(i): Training and early work, before 1629
    • Sole, Giovanni Gioseffo dal
    • Speranza, Giovanni Battista
    • Taruffi, Emilio
  • reproductions in porcelain
    • Meissen, §3(i): Porcelain Factory, before 1800
  • reproductive prints by others
    • Audran: (5) Jean Audran
    • Lasne, Michel
    • Picart: (1) Etienne Picart
  • teachers
    • Carracci, §II: (1) Ludovico Carracci