Giovanni Battista Crespi

Giovanni Battista Crespi ("Il Cerano"), ca. (1573-1632)

• Called Il Cerano.
• Was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect.
• He was born in Romagnano Sesia, the son of a painter, Raffaele Crespi.
• In 1591 he is known to have been living in Milan.
• Along with other artists, he completed a series of paintings (Quadroni of St. Charles) of the life of St. Charles Borromeo for the Duomo of Milan.
• He was a scholar of considerable attainments and held a position of dignity in Cerano.
• In 1620 he was appointed the head of the Accademia Ambrosiana founded by Cardinal Federico Borromeo.
• Among his pupils were Daniele Crespi, Carlo Francesco Nuvolone, and Melchiorre Gherardini.
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Giovanni Battista Crespi (Il Cerano) and Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli dettoil Morazzone and Giulio Cesare Procaccini, The Martyrdom of St. Rufina and St. Secunda (“The Painting by Three Artists”), 1620-24

Original, Pinacoteka di Brera, Milan. Visited in 2019.

Giovanni Battista Crespi, Man and a Fish (An Allegory of River), turn of the 17th century

Original, Archdiocesan Museum Olomouc, Czech Republic. Visited in 2019-2023.

Giovanni Battista Crespi, Man and a Fish (An Allegory of River), turn of the 17th century

Giovanni Battista Crespi, The Baptism of Christ, 1601

Original, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main. Visited in 2022.

Giovanni Battista Crespi, The Baptism of Christ, 1601