‘Sacred Spain’ Exhibit Features Historic Catholic Artwork, Artifacts

THE CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH
By Mary Ann Wyand

"MadridMadre Jerónima de la Fuente" (1620) by Diego Velázquez;
oil on canvas; 63 x 42 3/8 in. (160 x 107.5 cm); Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid

INDIANA---“Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World,” a unique, one-time exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, is an incredible assembly of 17th-century paintings and other objects from Spain and Latin America. Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator Christina Milton O’Connell works on restoring the “Virgin of Guadalupe” in early June to prepare the painting for display in the museum’s “Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World” exhibition. The oil-on-ca nvas painting was created by an unknown artist in Mexico in about 1700. The exhibit, which opened Oct. 11 and runs through Jan. 3, was specially created for the museum and will only be shown there, said Ronda Kasl, senior curator of painting and sculpture before 1800. [link]