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.
Gil de Siloé | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gil de Amberes? c. 1440 |
| Died | 1501 Burgos, Spain |
| Nationality | Castilian, Spain |
| Known for | Sculpture |
| Movement | Isabelline Gothic |
| Patron(s) | Isabella I of Castile |
His Hispano-Flemish style, which combines influences of the Germanic and Flemish gothic, and Mudéjar, is meticulous in its ornamentation and displays great technical virtuosity.
He was the father of an important architect and sculptor, Diego de Siloe.
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