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Christ Healing the Blind 1570

El Greco painted this masterpiece of dramatic storytelling either in Venice or in Rome, where he worked after leaving Crete in 1567 and before moving to Spain in 1576. It illustrates the Gospel account of Christ healing a blind man by anointing his eyes. The two figures in the foreground may be the blind man’s parents. The upper left portion of the composition is unfinishe...

Size:: 119.4 x 146.1 cm (47 x 57 1/2 in.)
Medium:: Oil on Canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
More:: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436572

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