Giovanni Battista Crespi

1573–1632 · Baroque

Giovanni Battista Crespi, called Il Cerano, was an Italian painter, sculptor, and architect. He is one of the most prominent of the Milanese artists of the early 17th century whose work represents a transitional phase between Mannerism and Baroque. He was highly esteemed in his day and patronized by the Fabbrica of Milan Cathedral, the civic authorities and highly distinguished private patrons, such as the Borromeo and Gonzaga families and the House of Savoy.

5 paintings

• Young St. John (1620)
• Franciscan vows (1600)
• Christ appears to the apostles Peter and Paul (1627)
• St Carlo Borromeo Adoring Christ (1610)
• Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1595)