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Giovanni Maria Viani (1636–1700) was an Italian painter of the

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

period, active in

Bologna Bologna (, , ; egl, label= Emilian, Bulåggna ; lat, Bononia) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in Northern Italy. It is the seventh most populous city in Italy with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nat ...

Biography

Along with

Lorenzo Pasinelli Lorenzo Pasinelli (September 4, 1629 – March 4, 1700) was an Italian painter active mainly in Bologna during the late Baroque period. He was born in Bologna, and initially trained in the studio of Simone Cantarini. He then pursued studies in R ...

, he trained under

Flaminio Torre Flaminio Torre (1620–1661) was an Italian Baroque painter of the Bolognese School, active during the Baroque period. He was a pupil of Guido Reni, Giacomo Cavedone, and Simone Cantarini. He was also called ''Degli Ancinelli'', and painted for ...

. Among Giovanni's pupils was his son,

Domenico Domenico is an Italian given name for males and may refer to: People * Domenico Alfani, Italian painter * Domenico Allegri, Italian composer * Domenico Alvaro, Italian mobster * Domenico Ambrogi, Italian painter * Domenico Auria, Italian archit ...

(1668–1711),

Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi Giovanni Girolamo Bonesi (1653–1725) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. He was born in Bologna. He was the pupil of the painter Giovanni Maria Viani, but followed the style of Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 Septembe ...

, and

Odoardo Perini Odoardo Perini (5 April 1671 – 29 December 1757) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque period, active in Verona. Biography He first apprenticed with Andrea Voltolino. He then trained in Bologna under Giovanni Maria Viani. He painted a ...

. Another pupil was

Pier Francesco Cavazza Pier Francesco Cavazza (1675 – 14 October 1755) was an Italian painter and art collector, active in his native Bologna. History He trained in Bologna under Giovanni Maria Viani Giovanni Maria Viani (1636–1700) was an Italian painter of ...

.Biografia universale antica e moderna ossia Storia per alfabeto della vita
page 398. He directed a school at Bologna rivaling that of

Carlo Cignani Carlo Cignani (15 May 1628 – 8 September 1719) was an Italian painter. His innovative style referred to as his 'new manner' introduced a reflective, intimate mood of painting and presaged the later pictures of Guido Reni and Guercino, as well ...

. He painted many pictures for the public buildings of Bologna, among them an ''Annunciation'' in

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(Sposo) ; and at the Basilica of the Servi, he painted a ''Glory of St Filippo Benizi'' and the ''Coronation of the Virgin''. Among his etchings are: *''Christ crowned with Thorns'' & ''St Francis with Infant Jesus in his arms'' after

Annibale Carracci Annibale Carracci (; November 3, 1560 – July 15, 1609) was an Italian painter and instructor, active in Bologna and later in Rome. Along with his brother and cousin, Annibale was one of the progenitors, if not founders of a leading strand of th ...

*''Dido'' and ''War'' after

Ludovico Carracci Ludovico (or Lodovico) Carracci (21 April 1555 – 13 November 1619) was an Italian, early-Baroque painter, etcher, and printmaker born in Bologna. His works are characterized by a strong mood invoked by broad gestures and flickering light th ...

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