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View of Toledo
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) · ca. 1599–1600
View of Toledo by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos): H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
What to notice
Look from the dark green hills to the pale city under a turbulent sky; the high horizon and cold light make Toledo feel visionary rather than topographically calm.
Discover
El Greco painted View of Toledo around 1599–1600. The Spanish city rises across dark green hills beneath a turbulent sky, with heightened color and compressed geography transforming a recognizable place into a charged, visionary landscape.
Source institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights status: Public Domain / The Met Open Access
Rights status: Public Domain / The Met Open Access
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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