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Single-artist museum in Toledo, Spain
El Greco Museum
Museo del Greco
View of the Museum
LocationToledo, Spain
Coordinates39°51′21″N 4°1′45″W / 39.85583°N 4.02917°W / 39.85583; -4.02917
TypeSingle-artist museum
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official nameCasa y Museo del Greco
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1 March 1962
Reference no.RI-51-0001411

The El Greco Museum (Spanish: Museo del Greco) is a single-artist museum in Toledo, Spain, devoted to the work and life of El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, 1541–1614), who spent much of his life in Toledo, having been born in Fodele, Crete. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

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.

  • Entrance Entrance
  • Tiled image of San Sebastian Tiled image of San Sebastian
  • Courtyard 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.

  • View of gallery View of gallery
  • Christ as Saviour Christ as Saviour
  • Saint Peter Saint Peter
  • Saint Paul Saint Paul
  • St John the Evangelist St John the Evangelist
  • Saint James the Greater Saint James the Greater
  • Saint Bartholomew Saint Bartholomew
  • Saint Thaddeus (Jude) Saint Thaddeus (Jude)
  • Saint Simon Saint Simon
  • Saint Matthew Saint Matthew
  • Saint Thomas Saint Thomas
  • Saint Philip Saint Philip
  • Saint James the Less Saint James the Less
  • Saint Andrew Saint Andrew
Other works

In addition to other works by El Greco the museum has paintings by various Spanish artists.

See also

References

  1. "History of the Museum". Spain: Museo del Greco. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. "El Greco Museum". www.spain.info/ Spain.info. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  3. "El Greco Museum". Spainisculture.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. "Apostolados: the Series of Christ and the Apostles (1610-14)". Web Gallery of Art. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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