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- Born:
- 1597/1600, Busto Arsizio, duchy of Milan [Italy]
- Died:
- July 19, 1630, Milan
- Movement / Style:
- Baroque art and architecture
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Daniele Crespi
Italian painter
Daniele Crespi (born 1597/1600, Busto Arsizio, duchy of Milan [Italy]—died July 19, 1630, Milan) was an Italian Baroque painter, known for the direct emotional appeal and simple compositions of his religious paintings.
Although he studied under the painter Giulio Cesare Procaccini, who was noted for the idealized beauty of his work, Crespi was more influenced by the paintings of Giovanni Battista Crespi (called Il Cerano, and to whom he was probably related), which led him to adopt the starkly realistic style of painting advocated by the Council of Trent (1545–63). His best works, such as St. Charles Borromeo at Supper (c. 1628), are distinguished by harsh shadows set off by a raking overhead light.
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