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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:: 43770
Apostle St Philip
Oil on canvas,
97 x 77 cm
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Painting ID:: 43771
Apostle St Bartholomew
1610-14
Oil on canvas,
97 x 77 cm
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Painting ID:: 43772
Apostle St Matthew
1610-14
Oil on canvas,
97 x 77 cm
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Painting ID:: 43773
Apostle St Thomas
Oil on canvas,
97 x 77 cm
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Painting ID:: 43774
Apostle St Thaddeus
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: | F. Cayley Robinson | Henry Lejeune | Francisco de herrera the elder | Pierre Laprade | Christine de Pisan |
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