Giuseppe Maria Crespi 1665-1747
Italian
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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-Simeon Chardin, Jean-Francois Millet and Honore Daumier The Death of St Joseph (san 05) ca 1712 (Inv No 25)Oil on canvas 92 x 73 1/2''(234.5 x 187 cm)(Ex coll Bruhl Dresden 1769)
