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Full Name
  
Gil de Amberes?

Movement
  
Isabelline Gothic

Died
  
1501 Burgos, Spain

Patron(s)
  
Isabella I of Castile

Nationality
  
Castilian, Spain

Name
  
Gil Siloe

Known for
  
Sculpture


Gil de Siloe

Born
  
c. 1440
Antwerp?

La restauración de La virgen con niño de Gil de Siloé. Una escultura en alabastro


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.

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His style, which combines influences of the Germanic and Flemish gothic, and Mudéjar, is very meticulous endowed with great technical virtuosity.

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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:

Gil de Siloé De Silo Gil Fine Arts Sculpture The Red List

  • The main altarpiece (1496-1499).
  • The mausoleum of King John II of Castile and of his wife, Isabella of Portugal (1489-1493).
  • The funeral monument for Alfonso son of John II and brother of Isabella I of Castile (1489-1492).

    • For Burgos Cathedral:

    Gil de Siloé 1000 images about Incredible Stone Sculptures on Pinterest

  • Altar piece of the chapel of Saint Anne (1486-1492).
  • Retable of Saint Anne in the Chapel of the Condestable (c.1498).

    • Other works:

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  • Funeral monument for Don Juan de Padilla for the Monastery of Fresdeval, actually in the Museum of Burgos (c.1500).

    • .Enthroned Virgin and Christ Child in alabaster Cleveland Art Museum Cleveland Ohio

    Attribution

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    Many attributions are debated by art historians if are by his hand, by members of his workshop or by followers. Among them the most outstanding are:

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  • The façade of the San Gregorio College in Valladolid.
  • The doors between the transept and the cloister of Burgos Cathedral.

    • References

    Gil de Siloé Wikipedia
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