Antonio Maria Viani
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File:Mantova, san maurizio, esterno 01,0.jpg, St. Maurizio Church.]]
Antonio Maria Viani (born c. 1540) (also called Vianino) was an Italian painter and carver of the Renaissance period. He was born in Cremona and was a pupil of Campi, as well as a court painter to Duke Vincenzo I Gonzaga, and adorned the large gallery of the Ducal Palace at Mantua with groups of children. One of his most important works is the impressive Villa Arrigona He worked also at Capua and later died in Mantua at a very advanced age.
Gallery
File:Antonio maria viani, san michele arcangelo sconfigge lucifero, 1594.jpg|Archangel Michael Defeats Lucifer, 1594
File:Antonio maria viani, madonna col bambino e santi, 1620-25 ca.jpg|Madonna and Child with Saints, circa 1620-25
File:Viani - Offering of the Old Testament - Monaco.jpg|Offering of the Old Testament
File:San Michele Arcangelo sconfigge il diavolo, Sacra di San Michele.jpg|Archangel Michael Defeats the Devil, Sacra di San Michele
References
- {{cite book| first=Michael| last=Bryan| year=1889| title=Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical |volume=II L-Z |editor=Walter Armstrong |editor2=Robert Edmund Graves |page=664 | publisher=George Bell and Sons|location=London |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K2cCAAAAYAAJ&q=Michael+Bryan+Painters+Engravers&pg=PA1}}
External links
- [https://www.villa-arrigona.it Villa Arrigona sito ufficiale ]
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Category:16th-century Italian painters
Category:Italian male painters
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Category:Italian court painters
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