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Gil de Siloé

Gil de Siloé
Born Gil de Amberes?
c. 1440
Antwerp?
Died 1501
Burgos, Spain
Nationality Castilian, Spain
Known for Sculpture
Movement Isabelline Gothic
Patron(s) Isabella I of Castile

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 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.

In Miraflores Charterhouse there are several works by Gil de Siloé:

For Burgos Cathedral:

Other works:

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

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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