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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:: 43780
Mount Sinai
Oil and tempera on panel,
41 x 47,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 43781
Christ Healing the Blind
Oil on canvas,
119 x 146 cm
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Painting ID:: 43782
The Martyrdom of St Maurice
1580-81
Oil on canvas,
448 x 301 cm
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Painting ID:: 43783
A Lady in a Fur Wrap
Oil on canvas,
62 x 59 cm
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Painting ID:: 43784
Mary Magdalen in Penitence
1576-78
Oil on canvas,
157 x 121 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: | Georg Volmar | Edward Burne Jones | Pinturicchio | Memmo di Filippuccio | Antonio Pisanello |
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