Ultra HD Master (3 539 × 4 000 px)
Mannerism
c. 1596–1600
View of Toledo
Original title: Vista de Toledo
El Greco
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
121.3 cm × 108.6 cm
Date of Creation:
c. 1596–1600
Scan Resolution:
3 539 × 4 000 px
Archive File Size:
3.1 MB
Permanent Collection:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
Historical Narrative
An electrifying stormy landscape of the city of Toledo, crowned by the Alcázar under turbulent rolling midnight-blue clouds.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"One of the most celebrated landscapes in art history, anticipating Expressionism by three centuries through brooding spiritual intensity."
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