Christ Healing the Blind, ca. 1570, Oil on canvas, 47 x 57 1/2 in. (119. 4 x 146. 1 cm), Paintings, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iraklion (Candia) 1540/41?1614 Toledo), 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