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However, they were believed to be commissioned by Pedro Salazar de Mendoza as they were found to be a part of his personal collection after his death. 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]
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 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] At the same time, the painting has decorative use and can be considered part of the paintings El Greco and his studio ...
Pages in category "Paintings in the Toledo Museum of Art" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio. It houses a collection of more than 30,000 objects. [ 3 ] With 45 galleries, it covers 280,000 square feet and is currently in the midst of a massive multiyear expansion plan to its 40-acre campus.
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Annunciation is an oil painting on canvas executed ca. 1603–1605 by El Greco, produced as part of a contract to provide paintings for a church in Illescas, Toledo.The painting still hangs in the church, the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, with three others from the same set (Charity, Coronation of the Virgin and Nativity), whilst the fifth is now in the National Museum of Art of ...