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The El Greco Museum (Spanish: Museo del Greco [1]) is a single-artist museum in Toledo, Spain, devoted to the work and life of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in Fodele, Crete. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.
Walter Liedtke believes this is because El Greco painted the View of Toledo more as a future or a hope to what it would look like. [2] Art historians, Jonathon Brown and Richard Kagan, have also hinted to the theory that El Greco painted the city of Toledo in an alternate way to fit his imagination or ideal version of Toledo. [5]
Consequently, El Greco remained in Toledo for the rest of his life, where he was well-received by his contemporaries. One such contemporary was the Spanish preacher and poet Hortensio Félix Paravicino , who remarked that, "Crete gave him life and the painter's craft, Toledo a better homeland, where through Death he began to achieve eternal life."
In late 2013 it was on temporary display at the Prado in Madrid (with the other El Grecos), following a period of cleaning and conservation work there; it was returned to Toledo in 2014. It is one of El Greco's most famous works. [1] A document dated July 2, 1577 which refers to this painting is the earliest record of El Greco's presence in Spain.
Santa Cruz, Toledo. The Museum of Santa Cruz ( Spanish : Museo de Santa Cruz ) is an art , archaeology and ethnographic museum located in the historic centre of the city of Toledo , Spain. It exhibits collections pertaining to the province of Toledo , including works painted by El Greco in the city of Toledo.
Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors is a c.1590 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, now in the Louvre, Paris. [1]Intended for a chapel in the Hieronymite monastery in Toledo, it was commissioned by one of the two figures shown beneath Jesus crucified, in the places usually occupied by the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist.
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View and Plan of Toledo (Spanish: Vista y plano de Toledo, ca. 1608) is a landscape painting by El Greco. The image is notable for its juxtaposition of the view of Toledo with the trompe l'oeil map of the city's streets.