Alessandro Albani

Alessandro Albani
Born	15 October 1692 Urbino, Romagna, Papal States
Died	11 December 1779(1779-12-11) (aged 87)
Burial place	Urbino, Marche, Italy

Alessandro Albani (15 October 1692 – 11 December 1779) was a Roman Catholic cardinal remembered as a leading collector of antiquities, dealer and art patron in Rome. He supported the art historian, Johann Joachim Winckelmann and commissioned paintings from Anton Raphael Mengs. As a cardinal (from 1721) he furthered the interests of the governments of Austria, Savoy and Britain against those of France and Spain; he was a noted jurist and papal administrator in his earlier career. Upon his death he was the last cardinal created by Pope Innocent XIII.