Giovanni Maria Viani

Giovanni Maria Viani (1636–1700) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active in Bologna.

Along with Lorenzo Pasinelli, he trained under Flaminio Torre.

[1] He directed a school at Bologna rivaling that of Carlo Cignani.

He painted many pictures for the public buildings of Bologna, among them an Annunciation in San Giuseppe (Sposo) ; and at the Basilica of the Servi, he painted a Glory of St Filippo Benizi and the Coronation of the Virgin.

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