Antonio Viviani (1560–1620) was an Italian painter of the late

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and early

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. He was also called ''il Sordo di Urbino'' ("the Deaf of Urbino"), because of his self-absorption while painting frescoes. He was born in

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, and there became a follower of

Federigo Barocci Federico Barocci (also written ''Barozzi'')(c. 1535 in Urbino – 1612 in Urbino) was an Italian Renaissance painter and printmaker. His original name was Federico Fiori, and he was nicknamed Il Baroccio. His work was highly esteemed and inf ...

, said to have been his uncle. He left some pictures at Urbino, in the style of Barocci, various frescoes in Rome, and a vast work in the ''Chiesa de' Filippini'' (San Pietro in Valle) at

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(1618–1620), consisting of scenes from the lives of those apostles to whom the church was dedicated. These works are now in the Pinacoteca Civica of

. He also painted for the Oratory of the Santissima Annunziata in Urbino. In Rome, he is said to have gravitated to the syle of

Cesare D'Arpino Giuseppe Cesari (14 February 1568 – 3 July 1640) was an Italian Mannerist painter, also named Il Giuseppino and called ''Cavaliere d'Arpino'', because he was created ''Cavaliere di Cristo'' by his patron Pope Clement VIII. He was much patroniz ...

After 1585, he traveled to Rome, where he helped fresco the

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library and the

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(1585–1590). He also helped fresco for the loggia of the

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and for the

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; the latter works were lost to fire and repainting in the 18th century by

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. From 1596 to 1598, he lived in

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. In Urbino, he painted for the Chapels of the Immaculate Conception and Holy Sacrament in

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Other works included: *

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: **

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Oratory **

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: **San Francesco (St. Francis) *

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: **Collegiata San Giovanni Battista church **Sant'Agostino *

: **San Pietro in Valle **Public Gallery *

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**''Annunciation'', SS. Pietro e Paolo parish church

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