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GRECO, El
A Prelate 1600s Oil on canvas
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ID: 62344
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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 Paintings of GRECO, El :. | St Francis and Brother Rufus | St Francis-s Vision of the Flaming Torch | The Adoration of the Shepherds | The Annunciation sdgm | Allegory of the Camaldolese | Related Artists: Friedrich olenhainz(June 28, 1745 - November 5, 1804) was a German painter. Lydia Emmett1886-1952
Francois-Hubert DrouaisParis 1727-Rome 1775
was a French painter and Jean-Germain Drouais's father. He specialized in portraits, some of which include Louis XV's last two mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry respectively. He even painted the young Marie Antoinette.
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