The El Greco Museum (in
Spanish: Museo del Greco
) is located in
Toledo
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Spain. It celebrates the
mannerist painter
El Greco
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...
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Domenikos Theotokopoulos
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El ...
, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in
Fodele,
Crete.
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
Talavera de la Reina in the
Province of Toledo
Toledo is a province of central Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Castile–La Mancha. It is bordered by the provinces of Madrid, Cuenca, Ciudad Real, Badajoz, Cáceres, and Ávila. Its capital is the city of Toledo.
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File:"Casa del Greco" (Toledo). Portada.jpg, Entrance
File:Museo del Greco 05.jpg, Tiled image of San Sebastian
File:Casa de El Greco (Toledo). Patio.jpg, Courtyard
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.
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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.
See also
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Museum of El Greco
The Museum of El Greco (aka El Greco Museum or Domenikos Theotokopoulos Museum) is located on the edge of the village of Fodele in Crete, west of the city of Heraklion. It celebrates the mannerist painter El Greco ( Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541 ...
, Fodele, Crete (birthplace of El Greco)
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List of paintings by El Greco
El Greco was a Cretan-born painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco left his birthplace for Venice in 1567, never to return. El Greco's three years in Venice profoundly influenced his style. In 1577, he emigrated to To ...
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List of single-artist museums
References
External links
Museum websitePhotos and history
in Maravillas Ocultas de España
El Greco Museum, Toledo
within Google Arts & Culture
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Art museums and galleries in Spain
Museum
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Art museums established in 1911
1911 establishments in Spain
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