Carlo Ceresa (1609 – 1679)

• Ceresa was an Italian painter of the Baroque period.
• Born in 1609 at San Giovanni Bianco, a town in the Brembana Valley in the province of Bergamo.
• Ceresa was a pupil and then assistant of the Milanese painter Daniele Crespi.
• He was active in the area of Bergamo.
• He produced a large number of religious works characterised by a sober, understated approach combined with the vivid color of the Veneto school for the many churches and sanctuaries there. • He was also a skilful portrait painter whose services were sought after by the noble families of the city.
• He died in Bergamo in 1679.
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