The El Greco Museum (
Spanish: Museo del Greco[1]) 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.[2] 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.[3] 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
Tiled image of San Sebastian
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. [4]
View of gallery
Christ as Saviour
Saint Peter
Saint Paul
St John the Evangelist
Saint James the Greater
Saint Bartholomew
Saint Thaddeus (Jude)
Saint Simon
Saint Matthew
Saint Thomas
Saint Philip
Saint James the Less
Saint Andrew
Other works
In addition to other works by El Greco the museum has paintings by various Spanish artists.
Coronation with Thorns and Abuse, Maestro de la Sisla, 1450–1510
The Tears of Saint Peter, El Greco, 1587–1596
Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva, El Greco, 1600