Antonio Maria Viani

Italian painter
Mantua, 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.

  • Archangel Michael Defeats Lucifer, 1594
    Archangel Michael Defeats Lucifer, 1594
  • Madonna and Child with Saints, circa 1620-25
    Madonna and Child with Saints, circa 1620-25
  • Offering of the Old Testament
    Offering of the Old Testament
  • Archangel Michael Defeats the Devil, Sacra di San Michele
    Archangel Michael Defeats the Devil, Sacra di San Michele

References

  • Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 664.
  • Villa Arrigona sito ufficiale
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