Giovanni Battista Viola

Giovanni Battista Viola
Landscape with the Death of Absolom, c. 1600; Paris, Louvre
Born(1576-06-16)16 June 1576
Bologna, Romagna, Papal States (modern Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy)
Died10 August 1622(1622-08-10) (aged 46)
Rome, Papal States
EducationAnnibale Carracci
OccupationPainter
Known forLandscape painting
MovementBaroque
PatronsVincenzo Giustiniani

Giovanni Battista Viola (June 16, 1576 – August 10, 1622) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period in Rome. He was the first known Italian to work exclusively as a landscape painter.

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