Gil de Siloé [SEP] place of birth
Gil de Siloé
Gil de Siloé (Antwerp? 1440s – Burgos, 1501) was a Castilian sculptor of Flemish origin, who worked in Burgos in a late gothic or Isabelline style.
His Hispano-Flemish style, which combines influences of the Germanic and Flemish gothic, and Mudéjar, is very meticulous endowed with great technical virtuosity.
He was the father of an important architect and sculptor, Diego de Siloe.
Works.
In Miraflores Charterhouse there are several works by Gil de Siloé:
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Diego Siloe
Diego Siloe (anglicized) or Diego de Siloé (c. 1495–1563) was a Spanish Renaissance architect and sculptor, progenitor of the Granadan school of sculpture. He developed the majority of his work in Andalusia.
Biography.
Siloe was most likely the son of the Spanish-Flemish Gothic sculptor Gil de Siloé. He spent the first part of his artistic career (1519–1528) in his birthplace, Burgos, where he worked principally as a sculptor.
The works of de Siloé combine the Italian Renaissance style