| Giovanni Battista Crespi |
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| 1573 births | |
| 1632 deaths | |
| people from the province of novara | |
| italian painters | |
| milanese painters | |
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He was a scholar of considerable attainments, and held a position of dignity in his native city. He was head of the Milanese Academy founded by Cardinal Frederigo Borromeo , and he was the teacher of Guercino . He is most famous as a painter; though his figures are neither natural nor graceful, his colouring is good, and his designs full of ideal beauty. EXTERNAL LINKS
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