Artwork details · 2026-01-17

View of Toledo

by El Greco · 1596

View of Toledo by El Greco

Artist

Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. El Greco was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters often adding the word Κρής, which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek.

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Artwork

View of 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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Quick facts

Artist
El Greco
Year
1596
Movement
Mannerism
Country
Greece
Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art