Baroque and Rococo

 

Baroque and Rococo Art Map

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

 

Giuseppe Maria Crespi

(b Bologna, 14 March 1665; d Bologna, 16 July 1747).

Painter, draughtsman and printmaker. His religious and mythological works are distinguished by a free brushstroke and a painterly manner. He also painted spirited genre scenes, which by their quality, content and quantity distinguish him as one of the first Italian painters of high standing to devote serious attention to the depiction of contemporary life. Such paintings as Woman Laundering (1700–05; St Petersburg, Hermitage) or Woman Washing Dishes (1720–25; Florence, Uffizi) offer straightforward glimpses of domestic chores in images that are startlingly novel for the period and look forward to the art of Jean-Siméon Chardin, Jean-François Millet and Honoré Daumier.

 

Self-Portrait
c. 1700
Oil on canvas, 60 x 50 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg


 

The Holy Family