# St Carlo Borromeo Adoring Christ

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## Artwork

- Artist: [CRESPI, Giovanni Battista](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 209 x 156 cm

## Commentary

The attribution of this painting to Giovanni Battista Crespi \(Il Cerano\) is dubious. Cerano was in large part responsible for the iconography of St Carlo Borromeo after his canonization in 1610. His compositions became the principal means of its propagation, being copied numerous times.

## Related artworks

- [Adoration of the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e/adoration-of-the-shepherds-r208ee1a05c217c>)
- [Entombment of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e/entombment-of-christ-rb054ce6cac3fbb>)
- [Religious Figures Praying at the Foot of a Tree](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e/religious-figures-praying-at-the-foot-of-a-tree-rbe5e9976ede22c>)
- [St Carlo Borromeo Erecting Crosses a the Gates of Milan \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e/st-carlo-borromeo-erecting-crosses-a-the-gates-of-milan-detail-r5a70e84b9d8ecf>)
- [St Carlo Borromeo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e/st-carlo-borromeo-r7d1f43dd952ddc>)
- [St Gregory Delivers the Soul of a Monk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/crespi-giovanni-battista-r3b01f48f61f88e/st-gregory-delivers-the-soul-of-a-monk-rd80ec1b1d4b871>)

## Attribution

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