(fl Burgos, 1486; d c. 1501). Spanish sculptor. He was the principal exponent of Spanish sculpture in the second half of the 15th century, working in a florid Late Gothic style notable for its resistance to Italian Renaissance influence. His birthplace is unknown, but his style suggests that he was of Netherlandish origin. He evidently arrived in Burgos as a young man, and he married a Spanish woman there, by whom he had two sons, including Diego de Siloé, and two daughters. Gil de Siloé’s earliest surviving works are the tomb of John II of Castile (d 1454) and his wife, Isabella of Portugal (d 1496), in the charterhouse of Miraflores (nr Burgos), and the retable of St Ana for Burgos Cathedral. The latter, made entirely of wood, was probably executed between 1486 and 1488. The central section of the retable bears a Tree of Jesse, with the Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate...