Alba'ni, Francesco

a famous Italian painter, B. at Bologna, 1578, was a scholar of Guido. He was fond of representing the fair sex, and his compositions, in love subjects, are held in high esteem. The most celebrated of his productions are: The Sleeping Venus; Diana in the Bath; Danaë reclining; Gala the a on the Sea; Europa on the Bull. He has been called the A nacre on of painters. It is said that his second wife, who was very beau tiful, and his children, served as models for his Venuses and Cupids. D. 1660.- His brother and disciple, Giovanni Battista, was a distinguished historical and landscape painter. D. 1668. Alba'nia, a country of European Turkey, stretching along the coast of the Adriatic and Mediterranean seas, between 38° and 43° N. Lat. and 10° 49 to 21° 50 E. Lon. Its area is estimated at about 13,800 sq. m. It is a country extremely mountainous, cut up into deep ravines, and presenting all the characteristics of sublimity, in a scenic point of view. The mountains of the Khimára-the former A croc era uni an-running in a N.W. direction parallel to the coast, and the S. chain of the Tzumerka, attain an elevation of 4,000 feet above the level of the sea. Rivers. Although there are many streams in A. , they are neither so large nor important as to require particular notice.- Lakes . The Okhrida, the Scutari, the But rin to, and the Joannia, which last is estimated at 3 miles wide and 12 long. - Climate. IMG:content-0111.png:[graphic] IMG:content-0112.png:[blocks in formation] included in the new province of Vascongadas, mountainous and rich in iron-mines. Lat. between 42° 20 and 43° N.