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,
GRECO, El St. Francis Receiving the Stigmata dfh 1577-79
Oil on canvas
Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore
Adoration of the Name of Jesus (Dream of Philip II) dfh 1578-79
Oil on canvas, 190 x 140 cm
Chapter House, Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial Painting ID:: 7064
GRECO, El Adoration of the Name of Jesus (Dream of Philip II) dfh 1578-79
Oil on canvas, 190 x 140 cm
Chapter House, Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial
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,