El Greco created his extraordinary landscape, the View of Toledo, in the second half of the 1590s. This is one of the earliest independent landscapes in Western art and one of the most dramatic and individual landscapes ever painted.

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Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	The Holy Family with St Mary Magdalen 1595-1600 Oil on canvas, 132 x 100 cm Museum of Art, Cleveland	950*1233 True Color 187 Kb
	The Holy Family 1594-1604 Oil on canvas, 107 x 69 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	642*1016 True Color 138 Kb
	St John the Evangelist 1595-1604 Oil on canvas, 90 x 77 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid	900*1177 True Color 154 Kb
	A View of Toledo 1597-99 Oil on canvas, 121 x 109 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1050*1173 True Color 203 Kb
	A View of Toledo (detail) 1597-99 Oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	900*1228 True Color 141 Kb
	Annunciation 1595-1600 Oil on canvas, 91 x 66,5 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	860*1200 True Color 137 Kb
	Adoration of the Shepherds 1596-1600 Oil on canvas, 11 x 47 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome	550*1336 True Color 157 Kb
	Baptism of Christ 1596-1600 Oil on canvas, 111 x 47 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome	550*1341 True Color 155 Kb
	The Annunciation 1596-1600 Oil on canvas, 114 x 65 cm Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao	925*1600 True Color 230 Kb
	The Annunciation (detail) 1596-1600 Oil on canvas Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao	850*1109 True Color 169 Kb
	Allegory of the Camaldolese Order 1599-1600 Oil on canvas, 124 x 90 cm Instituto de Valencia de Don Juan, Madrid	900*1236 True Color 169 Kb