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Giovanni Battista Viola (June 16 1576 – August 10 1622) was an Italian painter of the early Baroque period in Rome.Giovanni was born in Bologna. His skills were initially noticed by Annibale Carracci. He collaborated with Domenichino in the Room of Appollo in Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati (1616–18) where Viola painted the landscpapes and Domenichino the figures. He appears to have worked for the Giustiniani in Bassano di Sutra. In 1612 he was sharing a house with Francesco Albani.