Giuseppe Maria Crespi

Giuseppe Maria Crespi, nicknamed "Lo Spagnuolo," was an Italian late Baroque painter renowned for his lively genre scenes and the innovative Seven Sacraments series.

ABOUT

Born in Bologna in 1665, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, known as "Lo Spagnuolo" (The Spaniard) due to his fashion sense, was a pivotal figure in late Baroque Italian painting. He began his artistic training early, apprenticing with Angelo Michele Toni and Domenico Maria Canuti, before joining Carlo Cignani's Accademia del Nudo. By the 1690s, Crespi was working independently, creating altarpieces like the *Temptation of Saint Anthony* for Count Carlo Cesare Malvasia, now in San Nicco…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Wedding at Cana 1686 · Art Institute of Chicago Cupids Disarming Sleeping Nymphs 1690 · National Gallery of Art The Sacrifice of Abraham 1690 · National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design Ingenuity 1690 · Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg A Lady with a Dog 1695 · Lowe Art Museum Achilles and Chiron 1696 · Kunsthistorisches Museum

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Domenico Maria CanutiBolognese Baroque Carlo CignaniBolognese Baroque Annibale CarracciEarly Baroque

Influenced

Giovanni Battista PiazzettaRococo Pietro LonghiRococo Giacomo CerutiLate Baroque/Rococo Giovanni Domenico TiepoloRococo