Daniele Crespi (159819 July 1630) was an Italian painter and draughtsman. He is regarded as one of the most original artists working in Milan in the 1620s. He broke away from the exaggerated manner of Lombard

Mannerism Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

in favour of an early

Baroque The Baroque (, ; ) is a style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished in Europe from the early 17th century until the 1750s. In the territories of the Spanish and Portuguese empires including t ...

style, distinguished by clarity of form and content. A prolific history painter, he was also known for his portraits.Nancy Ward Neilson. "Crespi, Daniele." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford University Press. Web. 28 October 2016

Life

He was born in a family that was originally from

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.Giorgio Nicodemi, ''Daniele Crespi'', 1914 It is not clear whether he himself was born in Busto Arsizio or in Milan. The date of his birth is not known with certainty with estimates ranging from 1591 to 1598. His training is not well documented and he is first recorded in 1619 as working with local painter

Guglielmo Caccia Guglielmo Caccia called il Moncalvo (9 May 15681625) was an Italian painter of sacred subjects in a Mannerism, Mannerist style. Biography He was born in Montabone near Acqui Terme, Acqui. He is said to have been a pupil of Lorenzo Sabbatini. He s ...

working on an assignment in a church in Milan.Andrea Bayer, Mina Gregori, ''Painters of reality: the legacy of Leonardo and Caravaggio in Lombardy'', an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004, p. 240 One of his first teachers was Giuseppe Vermiglio of Turin. He next studied with

Giovanni Battista Crespi Giovanni Battista Crespi (23 December 1573 – 23 October 1632), called Il Cerano, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect. Biography He was born in Romagnano Sesia, the son of a painter, Raffaele Crespi, and moved to Cerano with his ...

and

Giulio Cesare Procaccini Giulio Cesare Procaccini (1574–1625) was an Italian painter and sculptor of the early Baroque era in Milan. Biography Born in Bologna he was son of the Mannerist painter Ercole Procaccini the Elder and brother of Camillo Procaccini and Car ...

. In 1621, Crespi was involved with the Accademia Ambrosiana. Daniele Crespi - Porrtrait of Antonio Olgiati - WGA5746

Crespi died in Milan during the plague epidemic in 1630. Among his pupils was

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Work

Crespi was mainly active as painter of religious subjects used as decoration for churches. He was also known for his sensitive portraits. He was an excellent colorist, known for the simplistic beauty of his compositions. His best works include a series of pictures from the life of Saint

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(now in the Certosa di Garegnano in Milan) and a depiction of the ''Stoning of St. Stephen'' (in Brera). Another masterpiece is the dark 1628 ''Supper of St Carlo Borromeo'' in the church of

Santa Maria della Passione Santa Maria della Passione is a late Renaissance-style church located in Milan, Italy. History It was initially built in 1496 for the Order of Canons Lateran. The church plan as we see today was based on initial designs of Giovanni Antonio Amade ...

in Milan, one of the best-known early 17th-century paintings in northern Italy. Other works by him can be found in Milan and

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(

Pavia Cathedral Pavia Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Pavia) is a church in Pavia, Italy, the largest in the city and seat of the Diocese of Pavia. The construction was begun in the 15th century on the site of two pre-existing Romanesque, "twin" cathedrals (Santo Stefan ...

and

Certosa di Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built in 1396–1495, it was once located on the border of a large hunting ...

).
''The Conversion of Saint Paul''
painted about 1623, is considered to be the artist's finest painting in the United States (at the

Blanton Museum of Art The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (often referred to as the Blanton or the BMA) at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent coll ...

in Austin).Judith H. Dobrzynski
"Art Museum In Texas Gets Trove Of 700 Works"
''The New York Times'', Nov. 12, 1998, section E, p. 1. When compared to Caravaggio's earlier work in the

Cerasi Chapel The Cerasi Chapel or Chapel of the Assumption ( it, Cappella Cerasi, Cappella dell'Assunta) is one of the side chapels in the left transept of the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. It contains significant paintings by Michelangelo Merisi ...

, it shows the persistence of Crespi's

Mannerist Mannerism, which may also be known as Late Renaissance, is a style in European art that emerged in the later years of the Italian High Renaissance around 1520, spreading by about 1530 and lasting until about the end of the 16th century in Italy, ...

traits.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crespi, Daniele 1590 births 1630 deaths People from Busto Arsizio 16th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 17th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Italian Baroque painters 17th-century deaths from plague (disease) Italian Mannerist painters