Giuseppe Maria CrespiItalian, 1665–1747Musicians
May one see it?
Unknown
London, United Kingdom
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- L882
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: The National Gallery — Giuseppe Maria Crespi · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Meanwhile, in the life of Giuseppe Maria Crespi
The whole life1708
Flees to Florence by night with the “Massacre of the Innocents”
Bearing his large religious canvas of the Massacre of the Innocents and a note from Count Vincenzo Rannuzi Cospi as an introduction, Crespi flees in the middle of the night to Florence and gains the patronage of the Grand Duke Ferdinand de’ Medici. The canvas, intended for the Duke, had been fancied by a local priest, Don Carlo Silva, and the episode becomes the source of much litigation, in which the Duke remains Crespi’s firm protector for at least the next five years.
23 January 1708
Son born: Luigi Crespi
1709
Son born: Ferdinando Crespi
22 June 1712
Son born: Carlo Antonio Crespi
16 July 1747
Died
![Young Peasant Seated on the Ground [recto], Attributed to Giuseppe Maria Crespi](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/bb9bb4e1-e23e-4d56-8943-42ef11ecde4a/full/!2400,2400/0/default.jpg)
