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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:: 43755
St Francis-s Vision of the Flaming Torch
1600-05
Oil on canvas,
203 x 148 cm
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Painting ID:: 43756
St Francis's Vision of the Flaming Torch
1600-05
Oil on canvas,
203 x 148 cm
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Painting ID:: 43757
St Francis and Brother Rufus
1600-06
Oil on canvas,
102 x 65 cm
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Painting ID:: 43758
Saint Bernardino
1603
Oil on canvas,
269 x 144 cm
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Painting ID:: 43759
Portrait of the Artist's Son Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos
c. 1603
Oil on canvas,
74 x 51,5 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: | Haberle John | Felix Vallotton | Anton Raphael Mengs | Henry Schafer | Jean-Baptiste Capronnier |
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