View of Toledo
Painting by El Greco / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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See also: View and Plan of Toledo
View of Toledo (original title Vista de Toledo), is one of the two surviving landscapes painted by El Greco, along with View and Plan of Toledo. View of Toledo is held by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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View of Toledo | |
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Spanish: Vista de Toledo | |
Artist | El Greco |
Year | 1596–1600 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Movement | Mannerism |
Dimensions | 121.3 cm × 108.6 cm (47.8 in × 42.8 in) |
Location | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City |
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View of Toledo is among the best known depictions of the sky in Western art, along with Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night and the landscapes of J. M. W. Turner and Claude Monet. Art historian Keith Christiansen included View of Toledo among the artist's most ambitious masterpieces, describing it as one of Western art's most celebrated landscapes.[1]