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(1883). From Yuba's Kitchen—Ober Ammergau, was exhibited by Miss E. Greatorex in 1876, and The Bath in 1884.—Am. Art Rev. (1881), 12.


GREBBER, FRANS PIETERSZ DE, born at Haarlem in 1570 or 1579 (?), died there in 1649. Dutch school; history and portrait painter, pupil of Jacques Savery. Dean of the guild at Haarlem in 1627. Works: Four Banquets of City Guard Officers (1600, 1610, 1619), Haarlem Museum; Lot and his Daughters (?), Schwerin Gallery.—Allgem. d. Biogr., ix. 618; Schlie, 220; Van der Willigen, 135.


GREBBER, PIETER DE, born at Haarlem in 1600, died after 1665. Dutch school; history and portrait painter, son and pupil of Frans Pietersz and scholar of H. Goltzius. His pictures recall Rubens and Lastmann. Works: The Shepherds (1628), Works of Charity (1628), Barbarossa and the Patriarch of Haarlem (1630), Hippocrates refusing the Presents of Artaxerxes (1637), Haarlem Museum; The Apostles giving Alms to the Poor, Oudemannenhuys, Haarlem; Jacob receiving from his Sons the Bloody Garment of Joseph, City Hall, Haarlem; Portraits (3), Moses in the Bulrushes (1634), Dresden Museum; Heraclitus and Democritus, Oldenburg Gallery.—Allgem. d. Biogr., ix. 618; Van der Willigen, 137; Rembrandt, ses Précurseurs, etc., 76.


GRECHETTO, IL. See Castiglione, Giovanni Benedetto.



GRECO, EL, born in Greece (or in Venice of Greek parents?) about 1548, died in Toledo in 1625. Spanish school; Real name Domenico Theotocopuli (Teoscopoli); surnamed in Venice, where he studied under Titian, Il Greco (The Greek). Settled at Toledo about 1577, and became known by an altarpiece, Parting of Christ's Raiment, in the sacristy of the cathedral, quite in Titian's style. Called to Madrid to paint at the Escorial by Philip II. His best work is the Burial of the Count of Orgaz, S. Tomé, Toledo. Later he adopted a grayish style of colouring, and greatly deteriorated. He left some good portraits. Works: Dead Christ in the Arms of God the Father, St. Paul, Crucifixion, Annunciation, Holy Family, Baptism of Christ, Male Portraits (8), Madrid Museum.—Stirling, i. 276; Viardot, 107; Ch. Blanc, École espagnole.


Greengrocer, Gerard Dou, Louvre, Paris.

GREENGROCER, Gerard Dou, Louvre, Paris; wood, H. 1 ft. 3 in. × 9 in.; signed, dated 1647. At right, a woman, the greengrocer, standing behind a table holding balances in her hand; on other side of table,