Saint John the Baptist, Saint Benedict, King David, and Other Seated Figures
Daniele Crespi
1597–1630
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash
Dimensions
7 x 11-5/16 in. (17.8 x 28.7 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harry G. Sperling Fund, 1978
Accession Number
1978.133
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
KingsMenSaint John the BaptistCross
About the Artist
Daniele Crespi · 1597–1630
**Daniele Crespi** (1598–19 July 1630) was an Italian painter and draughtsman active primarily in Milan and regarded as one of the most original artists working there in the 1620s. He broke away from the exaggerated forms of Lombard Mannerism toward an early Baroque style marked by clarity of form, direct emotional appeal, and simplified compositions. A prolific painter of religious history subjec...