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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:: 43785
Mary Magdalen in Penitence
1578-80
Oil on canvas,
108 x 101 cm
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Painting ID:: 43786
Apparition of the Virgin to St Lawrence
1578-80
Oil on canvas,
119 x 102 cm
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Painting ID:: 43787
Portrait of a Gentleman from the Casa de Leiva
1580
Oil on canvas,
88 x 69 cm
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Painting ID:: 43788
St Veronica Holding the Veil
c. 1580
Oil on canvas,
84 x 91 cm
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Painting ID:: 43789
Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest
1583-85
Oil on canvas,
81 x 66 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: | LA TOUR, Georges de | VITALE DA BOLOGNA | James Hamilton | Paul Brill | Pierre-Henri Revoil |
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