The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting & Sculpture 1600–1700
National Gallery, until 24 January 2010
If Spanish 17th-century painting and sculpture don’t immediately appeal to you, be prepared to try the new show at the National Gallery — it’s a revelation. I was brought up in the Church of England and used rather to look down on the bleeding hearts of Roman Catholic iconography.
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