Albani's best frescoes are those on mythological subjects. Among the best of his sacred subjects are a "St Sebastian" and an "Assumption of the Virgin", both in the church of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura in Rome. He was among the Italian painters to devote himself to painting cabinet pictures. His mythological subjects include "The Sleeping Venus", "Diana in the Bath", "Danaë Reclining", "Galatea on the Sea", and "Europa on the Bull". A rare etching, the "Death of Dido", is attributed to him. Carlo Cignani, Andrea Sacchi, Francesco Mola, and Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi were among his students. Following the death of his wife he returned to Bologna, where he married a second time and lived until his death.