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CEESPI D Cerano, born at Cerano, near Novara, in 1557, died at Milan in 1633. Lombardo- Milanese school ; history painter ; pupil of Procaccini, then studied in Rome and Venice and settled in Milan, where he was patronised by the Duke and by Cardinal Federigo, and made member of the Acad- emy, and em- tect> 8CU iptor, and painter. Apart from oc- casional man- nerism, his style is free and spirited. Works : Assembly of Francis- cans ; Christ crowned with Thorns (ascribed to Correggio), Berlin Museum ; Christ ap- pearing to SS. Peter and Paul, Vienna Mu- seum ; Madonna del Eosario, Brera, Milan ; Baptism of St. Augustine, S. Marco, Venice. CEESPI, GIUSEPPE MAEIA, called Lo Spagnuolo, born in Bologna in 1665, died there in 1747. Bolognese school ; history and portrait painter ; pupil of A. M. Toiii, D. M. Canuti, C. Ciguani, and G. A. Burrini. Painted in Venice, Parma, and Modena, and executed works in Palazzo Pitti, Florence, for Grand Duke Ferdinand. Works : Holy Family, Portrait of Old Man, Palazzo Pitti ; his own portrait, Uffizi, Florence ; St. Stan- islaus, Gesii, Ferrara; St. Anthony the Ab- bot, S. Niccolo, Bologna ; Madonna with Saints, Bologna Gallery ; Madonna, Ecce Homo, and 11 others, Dresden Museum ; Weeping Nun, Munich Gallery ; School, Louvre ; Holy Family, Death of St. Joseph, his own portrait, Hermitage, St. Peters- burg ; Chiron teaching Achilles to Shoot, JEneas and Cumean Sibyl, Vienna Museum. CRESTI, DOMENICO. See Passignano. CRESWICK, THOMAS, born in Shef- field, England, Feb. 5, 1811, died at Bays- water, Dec. 28, 1869. Pupil in Birming- ham of J. V. Barber ; went in 1828 to Lon- don and began to exhibit Welsh and Irish scenes, and after 1840 views from North of England ; became A.R.A. in 1842 and R.A. in 1851. His Pathway to the Village Church (1839) is in the National Gallery. Other works : Pleasant Way Home (1846), Passing Showers (1849), Wind on Shore (1850), Old Trees (1850), Mountain Lake Moourise (1852), Across the Beck (1864), Change- able Weather (1865). Redgrave ; Cat. Nat. Gal.; Athenaeum, 1870 ; Art Journal (1856), 141 ; Sandby, ii. 289. CRETIUS, KONSTANTIN, born at Brieg, Silesia, Jan. 6, 1814. Genre, history, and portrait painter, pupil of Berlin Academy under Wach ; went in 1839 to Brussels, Paris, and Italy ; in Rome until 1842, and after his return to Berlin painted a number of historical genre pictures. In 1846 Fred- erick William IV. sent him to Constantino- ple to paint a portrait of Sultan Abdul Med- jid. In 1860 he became a member of the Berlin Academy, and afterwards professor. Works: Contest with the Syrinx (1836); Greek Emigrants (1836); Jacob Mourning for Joseph (1838); Ave Maria, Vintage at Ischia, Italian Beggar, Notary Public, Pettifogger (1839-42); The Savoyards, Odalisque, Siesta, Flower Festival in Genzano, Carnival in Rome, Adorning the Bride, A la bella vista, Tourists in Switzerland (1842-59); Resur- rection (1859); Louis XIV. and Maria Man- cini playing Chess (1859); Cromwell and the Independents ; Salzburg Protestants in Berlin in 1732 ; Knighting of Prince Al- brecht of Prussia ; Order of St. John in the Schleswig-Holstein Campaign; Aiding Chris- tians in Syria ; Louis XTV. in Parliament (1870); Cromwell prevented from Embarking for America (1874); On Wedding Trip to Italy, Tourists in Switzerland (1876); Re- freshing Draught (1839), Captured Cav- aliers before Cromwell (1867), National Gallery, Berlin. Brockhaus, iv. 673 ; Mul- ler, 119; Rosenberg, Berl. Malersch., 39. CREVALCORE. See Antonio da Creval- core. CRISCUOLO, GIOVANNI FILIPPO, born at Gaeta about 1510, died in Naples in 1584. Neapolitan school ; pupil of Andrea da Salerno ; afterward studied with Perino 350