Francesco Alberi (3 March 1765, in Rimini – 24 January 1836, in Bologna) was an Italian Neoclassical style painter, active in Bologna, Padua, Rimini and Rome. He initially apprenticed with Giuseppe Soleri in Rimini, 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. In 1799, he was elected professor of design at the Lyceum of Rimini. Between 1803 and 1806, he was professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, after which he moved to Padua. In 1810, he returned to Bologna as professor. His paintings generally depicted Greco-Roman classic themes or historic subjects. Among hi