Francesco Alberi

Francesco Alberi (3 March 1765–24 January 1836) was an Italian Neoclassical style painter, active in Bologna, Padua, Rimini and Rome.

He was born in Rimini, and initially apprenticed there with Giuseppe Soleri, but by the age of twenty he became a pupil of Domenico Corvi in Rome.

After five years with Corvi, he returned to Rimini where he painted in oil, tempera and fresco for many of the prominent families such as the Battaglini, Garampi, Ganganelli, and Spina.

Between 1803 and 1806, he was professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, after which he moved to Padua.

He wrote a few treatises including Teorie dell'arte pittorica and a Riposta a sei lettere anonime.