Daniele Crespi (c. 1595 – 1630),

• Was an Italian painter and draughtsman.
• He was working in Milan in the 1620s.
• A prolific history painter.
• He was also known for his portraits.
• He was born in a family that was original from Busto Arsizio.
• He is first recorded in 1619 as working with local painter Guglielmo Caccia working on an assignment in a church in Milan.  • One of his first teachers was Giuseppe Vermiglio of Turin.
• He next studied with Giovanni Battista Crespi and Giulio Cesare Procaccini.
• In 1621, Crespi was involved with the Accademia Ambrosiana.
• Crespi died in Milan during the plague epidemic in 1630.
• Among his pupils was Melchiorre Giraldini.
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