Why it matters
Christ heals a man born blind. Painted in Venice, it marks El Greco's first use of perspective, leaving behind the Byzantine style he had been trained in.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1567.
- It shows the influence of Tintoretto, Titian and Veronese.
- El Greco returned to the subject five years later.
Based on the Wikipedia article Healing of the Man Born Blind (El Greco, Dresden) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
