El Greco

El Greco's paintings developed from his training as an icon painter in Crete and his study of Italian art before he settled in Toledo. Venetian color, elongated figures, and dramatic light shape his religious narratives. The Burial of the Count of Orgaz sets an earthly funeral below a vision of heaven, while Adoration of the Shepherds gathers figures around the Christ Child. His portraits apply a related attention to form and expression to individual sitters.