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GRECO, El
The Ecstasy of St Francis dfh
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ID: 07061
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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 :. | Apostle St Simon | Apostle St James the Greater | St Ildefonso | A Lady in a Fur Wrap | Christ in Agony on the Cross | Related Artists: Maria Chmielowskapainted Nu debout in about 1895
Carlo di Braccescoactive in Liguria and Lombardy 1478-1501 John CollierEnglish Classicist Painter, 1850-1934
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