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Art Gallery: The Sacred Made Real

by theartsdeskMonday, 2 November 2009

Fernandéz' Dead Christ, 1625–30:

Mark Hudson reviews on another page the National Gallery's exhibition of 17th-century Spanish sculpture and art, The Sacred Made Real, which he describes as "in some ways the most contemporary exhibition in London". Here are some of the artworks on show.

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Saint John of God, about 1655, Alonso Cano (1601-1667), Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada, © Photo Imagen M.A.S. Courtesy of Museo de Bellas Artes de Granada
Saint Francis in Meditation, 1635–9, Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), National Gallery, London, © National Gallery, London
Saint Francis Borgia, 1624, Juan Martínez Montañés (1568–1649), Iglesia de la Asunción, Seville, © Photo Imagen M.A.S. Courtesy of Universidad de Seville
Portrait of Juan Martínez Montañés, 1635, Diego Velázquez (1599–1660), Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
The Crucifixion, 1627, Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), © The Art Institute of Chicago/Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund
Christ as the Man of Sorrows, 1673, Pedro de Mena (1628–1688), Convento de las Descalzas Reales, Madrid, © 2009 Photo Gonzalo de la Serna. Courtesy of Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid
Saint Serapion, 1628, Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664), © Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT/ Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
Ecce Homo, 1617, Gregorio Fernández (about 1576–1636), Museo Diocesano y Catedralicio, Valladolid, © Fototeca de Obras Restauradas. Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España / Ministerio de Cultura

The Sacred Made Real continues until 24 January 2010. Information here.

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