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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:: 43760
St Peter in Penitence
c. 1605
Oil on canvas,
102 x 84 cm
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Painting ID:: 43761
The Madonna of Charity
Oil on canvas,
155 x 123 cm
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Painting ID:: 43762
St Ildefonso
Oil on canvas,
187 x 102 cm
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Painting ID:: 43763
St Luke
Oil on canvas,
98 x 72 cm
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Painting ID:: 43764
Saints Peter and Paul
Oil on canvas,
124 x 93,5 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: | Miller, Alfred Jacob | Walt Louderback | claudio monteverdi | Franciscus Gysbrechts | Heinrich Foelix |
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