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GRECO, El
Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614
Greek painter, designer and engraver, active in Italy and Spain. One of the most original and interesting painters of 16th-century Europe, he transformed the Byzantine style of his early paintings into another, wholly Western manner. He was active in his native Crete, in Venice and Rome, and, during the second half of his life, in Toledo. He was renowned in his lifetime for his originality and extravagance and provides one of the most curious examples of the oscillations of taste in the evaluation of a painter,
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Painting ID:: 7059
The Spoliation fdgh
1577-79
Oil on canvas, 285 x 173 cm
Sacristy of the Cathedral, Toledo
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Painting ID:: 7060
The Magdalene fhg
1576-78
Oil on canvas, 157 x 121 cm
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
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Painting ID:: 7061
The Ecstasy of St Francis dfh
c. 1580
Oil on canvas, 102 x 75 cm
Bishop's Palace, Siedlce
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Painting ID:: 7063
St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata dfh
1577-79
Oil on canvas
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
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Painting ID:: 7064
Adoration of the Name of Jesus (Dream of Philip II) dfh
1578-79
Oil on canvas, 190 x 140 cm
Chapter House, Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial
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GRECO, El
Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614
Greek painter, designer and engraver, active in Italy and Spain. One of the most original and interesting painters of 16th-century Europe, he transformed the Byzantine style of his early paintings into another, wholly Western manner. He was active in his native Crete, in Venice and Rome, and, during the second half of his life, in Toledo. He was renowned in his lifetime for his originality and extravagance and provides one of the most curious examples of the oscillations of taste in the evaluation of a painter,
. Related Artists to GRECO, El: | LA HIRE, Laurent de | Pietro Facchetti | Gottlieb Schick | Pierre Renoir | Christian Friedrich Gille |
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