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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:: 7065
Lady with a Fur sfhg
1577-80
Oil on canvas, 62 x 51 cm
Private collection, Glasgow
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Painting ID:: 7067
The Knight with His Hand on His Breast sdg
1577-84
Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Painting ID:: 7068
Portrait of a Doctor dfh
1577-84
Oil on canvas, 93 x 82 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid
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Painting ID:: 7069
St Sebastian ghj
c. 1580
Oil on canvas, 192 x 148 cm
Sacristy of the Cathedral, Palencia
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Painting ID:: 43706
Christ in Agony on the Cross
1600s
Oil on canvas,
104 x 62 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: | Myles Birket Foster,RWS | VELDE, Esaias van de | Aurelia de sousa | Pater, Jean-Baptiste | Bernard, Emile |
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