Domenico Maria Viani (1668–1711) was an Italian painter of the
Baroque
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period.
Biography
''Christ rejects those contesting the Eucharist'', on display at Museu Nacional de Belas Artes Rio de Janeiro
He was born in
Bologna
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, the son of
Giovanni Maria Viani, and was educated there under his father, who kept a rival academy to 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 ...
. For the church of La Natività at Bologna, there is a series of Prophets and Evangelists by him; for the church of
Santo Spirito, Bergamo, he painted a ''Miracle of St Antony of Padua''. He disappeared in
Pistoia
Pistoia (; ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of a province of the same name, located about north-west of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno. It is a typic ...
where he is also thought to have died.
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1668 births
1711 deaths
17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
18th-century Italian painters
Italian Baroque painters
Painters from Bologna
18th-century Italian male artists
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