View and Plan of Toledo

View and Plan of Toledo
Spanish: Vista y plano de Toledo

Artist	El Greco
Year	1608 (1608)
Medium	oil on canvas
Dimensions	132 cm × 228 cm (52 in × 90 in)
Location	Museum of El Greco, Toledo

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.

Analysis

This work moves away from the beautiful and stylized descriptions of Toledo; it shows a great meticulousness. This fostered the assumption that it was commissioned by the city council. The enormous detail that was made on the plane caused many scholars to guess that this is a work of Jorge Manuel, son of the painter and expert in architecture.

At the top of the canvas is the Virgin Mary, accompanied by a court of angels carrying the chasuble of San Ildefonso. In this work it could be read as an anticipation of impressionism, and even Paul Cézanne.

Provenance

The painting was probably commissioned by Pedro de Salazar y Mendoza. It appeared on an inventories of goods of El Greco in 1614, and Jorge Manuel in 1621. It entered the collection of the Museo del Greco in 1910.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Bibliography

Álvarez Lopera, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-95503-44-1.

References

↑ "Red Digital de Colecciones de Museos de España - Museos". ceres.mcu.es. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
↑ "Vista y plano de Toledo - Cuadro". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
↑ Michael Scholz-Hänsel (2004). El Greco. Taschen. p. 57. ISBN 978-3-8228-3171-7.

Works of El Greco

Art Posthumous fame

The Dormition of the Virgin El caballero de la mano en el pecho The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz View of Toledo View and Plan of Toledo Saint Peter and Saint Paul Saint Martin and the Beggar Opening of the Fifth Seal Portrait of a Doctor Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi The Adoration of the Shepherds Laocoön Retrato de un caballero desconocido St. Francis in Prayer Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple Washington Minneapolis London Frick Madrid

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