Artist: Giovanni Battista Crespi (1575 - 1633)
Nationality: Italian
Movement: Mannerism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Giovanni Battista Crespi was born in the small Italian town Cerano but worked mostly in Milan. He worked briefly in Rome before settling in Milan in the late 1590’s where he worked for Cardinal Federico Borromeo, the archbishop of Milan. The Cardinal founded the Accademia Ambrosiana in 1620 and put Crespi as the head of the painting department. He also hired him to oversee the sculptural decoration of the Milan Cathedral in 1629. Crespi’s paintings are a combination of Mannerist and Baroque styles.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Church of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, 18th century
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Giovanni Marco Pitteri, St. Philip, after a chalk drawing by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, 1742
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, River Gods, after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, mid 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Benaschi, The Holy Family with Angels, after the painting by Giovanni Domenico Cerrini, 1652
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Giovanni Battista Nini, Seaport, 1740
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Portrait of the Artist"s Father, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, circa 1775
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, A Monk, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Nini, Winter Landscape, 1740
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Giovanni Battista Nini, Landscape with a river, 1740
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Giovanni Battista Mercati, The Baptism of Christ, 1627
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Giovanni Battista Franco, The Entombment, 16th century
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Giovanni Battista Franco, The Deluge, 16th century
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, John Milton, 1740
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, John Milton, 1740
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Giovanni Battista Franco, The Flagellation, 16th century
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Giovanni Battista Franco, The Deluge, 16th century
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The Colosseum, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Cherub, circa 1740 - 1745
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Seven Putti Representing the Arts, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Studies of Soldiers, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Diana and Endymion, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Pittoni, Descent from the Cross, circa 1750
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Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, The Betrayal and Arrest of Christ, 1621
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Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Title Page, from the series of etchings by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Vari Capricci, 1785
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Giovanni Battista Canossa, Pilate and the Pharisees, 1706
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Standing Philosopher, circa 1747
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Two Magicians and Two Boys, circa 1757
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Giovanni Battista Scultori (Mantovano), The River God Po and a Putto, 1538
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Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, Venus and Adonis with Cupid, 1620
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Giovanni Battista Nini, Wind-blown Landscape, 1740
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Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Piramide di C.Cestio, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Zelotti, The Antique Sacrifice, 16th century
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Giovanni Battista Mercati, The Beheading of John the Baptist, 1626
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Rialto, after Canaletto, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Gateway to the Armory, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Pasqualini, Virgin and Child, after Guercino, 1621
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Giovanni-Battista Cecchi, Christ in Limbo, after Bronzino, 1777
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, John Milton, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Brustoloni, The Piazza S. Marco, 18th century
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Giovanni Battista Cipriani, Bust of John Milton, 1740

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (3)
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Fondazione Prada: Foujita. A Japanese Artist
The exhibition, designed by Pierluigi Cerri, will be housed in the Event Space on the sixth floor of the Prada Epicenter, which was conceived by Herzog & de Meuron and inaugurated last June. Constituting a foretaste of the celebration...
Montreal Museum of Fine Art: Italian Masterpieces From Raphael To Tiepolo
The works range in scale from intimate devotional paintings and portraits to state commissions, monumental altarpieces and mythological paintings. Italian Masterpieces from Raphael to Tiepolo will offer the public an unprecedented opportunity to e...
Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery: The Renwick Invitational: Four Discoveries in Craft
The exhibition highlights 50 objects in various craft media. James Koehler of Santa Fe, N.M., weaves bold, colorful tapestries. Gyöngy Laky of San Francisco interlaces twigs, electrical wire and other found objects into nestlike baskets. Kristina ...

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