[4] He next studied with Giovanni Battista Crespi and Giulio Cesare Procaccini.
His best works include a series of pictures from the life of Saint Bruno (now in the Certosa di Garegnano in Milan) and a depiction of the Stoning of St. Stephen (in Brera).
Another masterpiece is the dark 1628 Supper of St Carlo Borromeo in the church of Santa Maria della Passione in Milan, one of the best-known early 17th-century paintings in northern Italy.
[9] When compared to Caravaggio's earlier work in the Cerasi Chapel, it shows the persistence of Crespi's Mannerist traits.
In 1923, the new liceo Classico of Busto Arsizio was named 'Liceo Daniele Crespi'.