Study for the Marriage at Cana
Giuseppe Maria Crespi
c. 1688
Medium
Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, over black chalk, on tan laid paper, laid down on Japanese paper
Dimensions
26.6 × 38 cm (10 1/2 × 15 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
25717
About the Artist
Giuseppe Maria Crespi · 1665–1747
Giuseppe Maria Crespi (1665–1747) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period whose innovative genre scenes and unorthodox approach to religious painting made him one of the most original artists of early eighteenth-century Bologna. Born in Bologna, he trained under Domenico Maria Canuti, Carlo Cignani, and in the tradition of the Carracci academy, but developed a markedly personal style tha...