The Origins of el Greco: Icon Painting in Venetian Crete

The Origins of El Greco focuses on the evolution of the multifaceted relationship of Cretan painters with Western art during this rich period. The icon painters in the workshops on Crete in the 15th and 16th centuries - the setting in which El Greco was trained - were renowned for their skill in painting impeccable panels not only in the traditional Byzantine manner but also in a style inspired by Western models.

The Origins of El Greco presents an extraordinary group of 15th and 16th-…