Background

Giovanni Battista Crespi was born at Cerano in the Milanese.

Career

Giovanni Battista Crespi was a scholar of considerable attainments, and held a position of dignity in his native city. He was head of the Milanese Academy founded by Cardinal Frederigo Borromeo, and he was the teacher of Guercino.

Achievements

• Giovanni Battista Crespi is most famous as a painter; and, though his figures are neither natural nor graceful, his colouring is good, and his designs full of ideal beauty.

Connections

Father:

Raffaele Crespi