Daniele Crespi (Busto Arsizio 1597/1600 - Milan... Lot 41

Daniele Crespi (Busto Arsizio 1597/1600 - Milan 1630) Male portrait Oil on canvas 65 x 49 cm The artistic influences that shaped Crespi were the academic mannerism of Camillo Procaccini, the pathetic and expressionist mannerism of Cerano, and the stark realism of Pier Francesco Mazzucchelli, known as the Morazzone. Daniele Crespi evolved a personal language that denotes a certain elegance, probably derived from observing the works of Andrea De Ferrari, Rubens and Van Dyck, mitigating Baroque exuberance. His first works date from 1619, such as the Beheading of the Baptist in the chapel of St. John and the Adoration of the Magi in St. Alexander in Zebedia. This was followed by the decoration of the chapel of the Annunciata in the basilica of Sant'Eustorgio and the canvases for the church of San Protaso ad Monachos, now in San Giovanni in Busto Arsizio. Crespi's best achievements are the Fasting of Saint Charles Borromeo (Milan, church of Santa Maria della Passione) and the Cycle of Saint Bruno in the Certosa di Garegnano. In addition, Daniele Crespi was a remarkable portraitist. Among his most important works of this kind are the Self-Portrait in the Uffizi (1627), the portrait of Manfredo Settala in the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the portrait of the surgeon Enea Fioravanti in the Castello Sforzesco, the portrait of Antonio Olgiati in the Koelliker Collection in Milan, and the Portrait of a Gentleman with a Beard and the Portrait of a Young Man in the Borromeo Collection, Isola Bella, Stresa. Daniele Crespi (Busto Arsizio 1597/1600 - Milan 1630) Male Portrait Oil on canvas 65 x 49 cm