Deaths on July 16

Giuseppe Crespi

Died on July 16, 1747

Giuseppe Crespi, Italian painter (b. 1665)

Giuseppe Maria Crespi (March 14, 1665 – July 16, 1747), nicknamed Lo Spagnuolo ("The Spaniard"), was an Italian late Baroque painter of the Bolognese School. His eclectic output includes religious paintings and portraits, but he is now most famous for his genre paintings.

Giuseppe Crespi, together with Giambattista Pittoni, Giovan Battista Tiepolo, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Canaletto and Francesco Guardi forms the traditional great Old Masters painters of that period.

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Events on 1747

31 Jan

London Lock Hospital
The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital.
14 May

First Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
War of the Austrian Succession: A British fleet under Admiral George Anson defeats the French at the First Battle of Cape Finisterre.
25 Oct

Second Battle of Cape Finisterre (1747)
British fleet under Admiral Sir Edward Hawke defeats the French at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Deaths on July 16

Giuseppe Crespi

Died on July 16, 1747

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