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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:: 43765
St John the Evangelist and St Francis
c. 1608
Oil on canvas,
64 x 50
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Painting ID:: 43766
The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception
1605-10
Oil on canvas,
108 x 82 cm
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Painting ID:: 43767
A Prelate
Oil on canvas,
107 x 90 cm
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Painting ID:: 43768
Apostle St James the Greater
1610-14
Oil on canvas,
97 x 77 cm
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Painting ID:: 43769
Apostle St John the Evangelist
1610-14
Oil on canvas,
97 x 77 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: | CRESPI, Daniele | ZUCCARELLI Francesco | Karl Nordstrom | Francisco Gimeno Arasa | Bogdan Villevalde |
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