COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.29.100.6
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
El Greco
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Greek
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
Greek, 1541-1614
Creator Name-CRT:
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
Title:
View of Toledo
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
undated
Creation Start Date:
1541
Creation End Date:
1614
Materials and Techniques:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. (121.3 x 108.6 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
29.100.6
Credit Line:
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Context:
The painter's given name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos. In Toledo, where he lived for nearly forty years, he was known as 'El Greco' (the Greek). This view is the only independent landscape by the artist that survives. He has imaginatively reconfigured the city, showing the cathedral not in its actual position but to the left of the Alcázar palace.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ep29.100.6.R.tif
