Clemente Alberi

Clemente Alberi (1803, Rimini – 1864, Bologna) was an Italian portrait painter; also known for his copies of Renaissance and Baroque works.

His first lessons came from his father, Francesco, who was a professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.

[2] He also made celebrated copies, including one of the Last Communion of St. Jerome by Agostino Carracci, commissioned in 1825 for the church of San Girolamo della Certosa by Don Clemente Spada-Veralli (1778-1866), the Prince of Castel Viscardo.

During the 1830s and 1840s, some of his works addressed the question of Italian unity, through literary and historical references.

In 1832, he became an art teacher Pesaro then, in 1839, succeeded his father at the Academy in Bologna; a position he held until 1860.