Crespi, Giuseppe Maria (1665–1747)

He was an influential painter of the late Bolognese school. His religious and mythological works are characterized by a free brushstroke and a painterly manner. He also painted genre scenes that were among the first accomplished Italian paintings depicting contemporary life, using dramatic chiaroscuro and brilliant color. Comment on works: Genre; Religious; Mythology; Landscapes

Crespi, Giuseppe Maria

Biography

Notable Works

Artworks

A young girl with a sleeping shepherd

Four children playing dice

Children playing "à Capelletto"

The favorite nanny (La balia favorita)

Plate 20: Cacasenno eating a bowl of pasta, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 19: Cacasenno riding a horse backwards, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 18: Cacasenno on horseback, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 17: Marcolfa shows Cacasenno a horse, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 16: Menghina quiets Cacasenno with a chestnut cake, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 15: Menghina leaving the garden with a basket filled with herbs and encountering Cacasenno, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 14: Bertoldino cutting off the ears of a gardener's donkey, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 13: Bertoldino with birds carried off by a kite, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 12: Bertoldino whipping himself to kill flies, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 11: Bertoldino falling into the fish pond, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 10: Bertoldino fastening geese to his belt, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"

Plate 9: Marcolfa finds Bertoldino hatching eggs, from "Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno"