• View and Plan of Toledo is a work of El Greco, made in 1608 during his last period. It is preserved in the Museum of El Greco of Toledo.
    • 2.3 Interpretations of El Greco’s Toledo Painting
    • 2.5 Description of View of Toledo by El Greco
    • 2.6 The Uniqueness of Landscapes in El Greco’s Era
  • Stormy skies found on many images of saints, painted by the artist. “View of Toledo” is the only remaining “pure” landscapes of El Greco.
  • When the artist El Greco captured this view of the Spanish city of Toledo, he painted one of the earliest landscape works in modern Western art.
  • The View of Toledo. SCENIC PROJECT - Placement in Scenic Art Department, Royal Opera House. original by El Greco. supervised by Emma Turner.
  • The view of the eastern section of Toledo from the north would have excluded the cathedral, which the artist therefore imaginatively moved to the le...
  • This mysticism is reflected in El Greco’s View of Toledo. Almost entirely subsumed by the landscape, the city seems to be at the direct mercy of God.
  • El Greco The Complete Works. El Greco - The Last Supper c. 1568. El Greco - View and Plan of Toledo c. 1610. El Greco - St. Francis Venerating the Crucifix.
  • The View of Toledo is the only independent landscape El Greco made of Toledo, but the city is depicted in several other works, including with a map in the "View
  • El Greco painted several views of Toledo. Seen beneath mountainous clouds the city stirred his imagination and in this painting, as in others...
  • From The Metropolitan Museum of Art, El Greco, A View of Toledo (1598-1599), Oil on canvas, 47 3/4 × 42 3/4 in.
  • The Hospital de Tavera’s administrator, Don Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, commissioned El Greco a View of Toledo painting.
  • View and Plan of Toledo is an unusual piece from El Greco's career and follows on around eight years after he produced his much loved View of Toledo.