Unlike other Cretan artists who had moved to Venice, El Greco substantially altered his style and sought to distinguish himself by inventing new and unusual interpretations of traditional religious subject matter.
A diferenza doutros artistas cretenses que se trasladaron a Venecia, O Greco alterou substancialmente o seu estilo e buscou distinguirse inventando interpretacións novas e inusuais de temas relixiosos tradicionais.