El Greco only painted two landscapes, and this was his second. A dizzying look down at the Spanish city of Toledo, the horizon slopes away towards a young man who holds a bird’s eye map of the city. The Hospital of Don Juan Tavera sits near the painting’s center, moved from its literal location to show the facade in detail. Above the city, the Virgin Mary presents a vestment to St Ildefonso, a sainted bishop of Toledo’s past.
