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, 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. Soldier dog fresco loggia Altemps

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

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library and the Scala Santa (1585–1590). He also helped fresco for the loggia of the Palazzo Altemps and for the

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; the latter works were lost to fire and repainting in the 18th century by Lorenzo Pecheux. 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 Urbino Cathedral.*

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Other works included: *

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: ** San Giuseppe dei Falegnami ** Santa Barbara al Celio Oratory ** Santa Maria dei Monti *

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: **San Francesco (St. Francis) * Cantiano: **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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