CRESPI, DANIELE

born c. 1595, , Busto Arsizio, duchy of Milan died 1630, Milan Italian Baroque painter, known for the direct emotional appeal and simple compositions of his religious paintings. Although he studied under the painter Giulio Cesare Procaccini, who was noted for the idealized beauty of his work, Crespi was more influenced by the paintings of Giovanni Battista Crespi (called Il Cerano, and to whom he was probably related), which led him to adopt the starkly realistic style of painting advocated by the Council of Trent (154563). His best works, such as St. Charles Borromeo at Supper (c. 1628; Santa Maria della Passione, Milan), are distinguished by harsh shadows set off by a raking overhead light.