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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:: 43745
The Resurrection
Oil on canvas,
275 x 127 cm
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Painting ID:: 43746
The Pentecost
Oil on canvas,
275 x 127 cm
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Painting ID:: 43747
St Joseph and the Christ Child
Oil on canvas,
289 x 147 cm
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Painting ID:: 43748
St Martin and the Beggar
1597-99
Oil on canvas,
193 x 103 cm
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Painting ID:: 43749
St. Martin and the Beggar
c. 1604
Oil on canvas,
104 x 60 cm
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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: | MOSTAERT, Jan | Lambert, George | Nilus, Piotr | Christoph Paudiss | Robert Dowling |
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