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Vista de Toledo

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) Greek

ca. 1597–99

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 619

Esta pintura, a maior paisagem de El Greco, pertence a uma tradição artística das vistas simbólicas da cidade. Similar aos seus retratos mais importantes, sua abordagem é interpretativa em vez de literal. O artista busca capturar a essência da cidade em vez de documentar sua aparência real. Esta vista parcial de Toledo, mostrando a parte oriental da cidade, teria excluído a catedral que o artista de forma imaginativa a move para a esquerda do imponente Alcázar. Uma fila de edifícios desce a colina íngreme em direção à ponte romana Alcántara, enquanto que no outro lado do Tagus, fica o castelo de San Servando. O quadro estava no ateliê do pintor no momento de sua morte em Toledo, e, mais tarde, foi comprado pelo conde dos Arcos, um grande colecionador que tinha pelo menos sete pinturas de El Greco.

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View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

View of Toledo, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), Oil on canvas

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Fig. 1. El Greco, "View and Plan of Toledo" (Museo de El Greco, Toledo)

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Fig. 2. El Greco, detail of "The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception" (Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo)

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Fig. 3. Painting in frame: overall

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Fig. 4. Painting in frame: corner

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Fig. 5. Painting in frame: angled corner

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Fig. 6. Profile drawing of frame. W 5 3/16 in. 13.2 cm (T. Newbery)

Título: Vista de Toledo

Artista: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), grego, ativo Itália e Espanha, 1540/41–1614

Data: ca. 1597–99

Meio: Óleo sobre tela

Dimensões: 121,3 x 108,6 cm

Linha de créditos: Coleção de H. O. Havemeyer, legado da Sra. de H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Número de acesso: 29.100.6

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