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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:: 43795
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
1585-90
Oil on canvas,
105 x 80 cm
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Painting ID:: 43796
St Francis in Prayer before the Crucifix
1585-90
Oil on canvas,
105,5 x 86,5 cm
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Painting ID:: 43797
Mary Magdalen in Penitence
1585-90
Oil on canvas,
109 x 96 cm
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Painting ID:: 43798
St Dominic in Prayer
1586-90
Oil on canvas,
118 x 86 cm
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Painting ID:: 43799
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
1586-88
Oil on canvas,
480 x 360 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: | Jacopo Bellini | David, Jacques-Louis | Paul Serusier | James Hope | Aurelia de sousa |
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