Why it matters
One of only two surviving landscapes by El Greco, View of Toledo shows the city under a dramatic sky. It is among the best-known skies in Western art, alongside Van Gogh's The Starry Night and the landscapes of Turner and Monet.
Did you know?
- Its date is debated: between 1595 and 1600, or after 1600.
- Landscapes were rare in Spanish painting of the time.
- Keith Christiansen called it one of Western art's most celebrated landscapes.
Based on the Wikipedia article View of Toledo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
