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Lacking the favor of the king, El Greco was obliged to remain in Toledo, where he had been received in 1577 as a great painter. [51] According to Hortensio Félix Paravicino , a 17th-century Spanish preacher and poet, "Crete gave him life and the painter's craft, Toledo a better homeland, where through Death he began to achieve eternal life."
Francisco Benjamín López Toledo (17 July 1940 – 5 September 2019) was a Mexican painter, [2] sculptor, and graphic artist.In a career that spanned seven decades, Toledo produced thousands of works of art and became widely regarded as one of Mexico's most important contemporary artists.
The painting was a central element of the altarpiece of the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo, Spain. [1] It was the first of nine paintings that El Greco was commissioned to paint for this church. [2] The Assumption of the Virgin was El Greco's first work in Toledo and started his 37-year career there. [1]
Salazar was very passionate about Toledo in every aspect. Due to Salazar's love of the city, it is believed to have inspired El Greco to paint both View of Toledo and View and Plan of Toledo. [2] View and Plan of Toledo is the only other known landscape portrait by El Greco. It is believed to have been completed sometime between 1600 and 1610.
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He was born in Zaragoza.From 1880 to 1887, he attended the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos in Valencia).Upon graduating, he moved to Madrid and became a historical painter; specializing in scenes from the history of Toledo, which he visited frequently. [1]
View and Plan of Toledo symbolically displays the sanctity and the Spanish history of Toledo. [2] The painting can thus be interpreted in light of the propaganda campaigns the city of Toledo began to undertake in the late sixteenth century in attempt to convince Philip II and his court to return to Toledo from Madrid. [3]
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