National Gallery of Art opens Baroque Painted Sculptures & Great Spanish Religious Painting
Washington, DC – Arrestingly real sculptures and paintings of the
saints, the Immaculate Conception, and the Passion of Christ are among some 20
Spanish masterpieces of the 17th century on view in a landmark exhibition at the
National Gallery of Art. The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and
Sculpture, 1600–1700 will showcase major paintings by Diego
Velázquez, Francisco de Zurbarán, and Francisco Pacheco, with painted and gilded
sculptures carved by Gregorio Fernández, Juan Martínez Montañés, and Pedro de
Mena, among others. On view February 28 through 31 May,
2010.