The Casa del Greco was located in the heart of the Toledo Jewish quarter. It belonged to Samuel ha-Leví, treasurer of King Pedro I of Castile and, later, it belonged to the Marquis of Villena.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the remains of that house were demolished, setting up a new building (200 meters from the previous one) that had been a 16th-century Renaissance house-palace, owned by the Duchess of Arjona, where the pictorial work was gathered. of the artist and which opened to the public in 1912.
The architect of this rehabilitation was the II Marqués de la Vega-Inclán who completed it with furniture and furnishings from the 16th century. This character was one of the most important patrons of the first half of the 20th century, who came to impose in our country the fashion for the reconstruction of the historical environments in which the exhibited works had emerged.
Converted into a House-Museum, it is the only one in Spain dedicated to the figure of the painter and its essential purpose is to transmit and make the figure of El Greco understandable to society, as well as the influence of his work and personality in Toledo at the beginning of the century. XVII.
The new building constitutes a beautiful ensemble that gives an idea of what a wealthy house from the 16th-17th centuries was like, recreating various environments (facade and entrance door to the house, garden, interior patio, living room, study, kitchen, chapel , etc…), and all decorated to the taste of the time.
Finally, the House-Museum is currently a state-owned institution directly managed by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, which depends organically on the General Directorate of Fine Arts and Cultural Heritage and the General Sub-directorate of State Museums.
