The El Greco Museum (in

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: Museo del Greco) is located in Toledo,

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. It celebrates the

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( Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in

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The house and museum

The museum first opened in 1911 and is located in the Jewish Quarter of Toledo. It consists of two buildings, a 16th-century house with a courtyard and an early 20th century building forming the museum, together with a garden. The house recreates the home of El Greco, which no longer exists. The museum houses many artworks by El Greco, especially from his late period. There are also paintings by other 17th-century Spanish artists, as well as furniture from the period and pottery from

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in the

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Collection

;Apostalado by El Greco A complete series of 13 paintings portraying Christ and his disciples originally produced between 1610 and 1614 by El Greco and his workshop for the Hospital de Santiago in Toledo. The series was conceived and executed as a single project, with Christ looking directly out of the picture, six of the disciples looking to the left and six to the right. The disciples represent his 12 original followers, except that the disgraced Judas Iscariot is replaced by Saint Paul. All the works are oil on canvas with a size of 97 x 77 cm. File:Apostolate paintings in El Greco Museum in Toledo, Spain.jpg, View of gallery File:El Greco - Christ as Saviour - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Christ as Saviour'' File:El Greco - St. Peter - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Peter'' File:El Greco - St. Paul - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Paul'' File:El Greco - St. John - Google Art Project.jpg, ''St John the Evangelist'' File:El Greco - St. James the Greater - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint James the Greater'' File:El Greco - St. Bartholomew - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Bartholomew'' File:El Greco - St. Jude Thaddeus - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Thaddeus (Jude)'' File:El Greco - St. Simon - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Simon'' File:El Greco - St. Matthew - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Matthew'' File:El Greco - St. Thomas - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Thomas'' File:El Greco - St. Philip - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Philip'' File:El Greco - St. James the Less - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint James the Less'' File:El Greco - St. Andrew - Google Art Project.jpg, ''Saint Andrew'' ;Other works In addition to other works by El Greco the museum has paintings by various Spanish artists.

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Museum websitePhotos and history
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El Greco Museum, Toledo
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The house and museum

Collection

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