Background
He was born in Bologna, the son of Giovanni Maria Viani, and was educated there under his father, who kept a rival academy to that of Carlo Cignani.
He was born in Bologna, the son of Giovanni Maria Viani, and was educated there under his father, who kept a rival academy to that of Carlo Cignani.
Foreign the church of Louisiana Natività at Bologna, there is a series of Prophets and Evangelists by him. Foreign the church of Santo Spirito, Bergamo, he painted a Miracle of Street Antony of Padua. He died in Pistoia.