Infanta Cristina opens Spanish Exhibition in Washington

  February 25, 2010 at 11:50 pm by

Yesterday Infanta Cristina of Spain officially opened the exhibition “The Sacred Made Real: Spanish Painting and Sculpture, 1600-1700” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.

View the gallery at Zimbio

The exhibition is presented on the occasion of the Spanish Presidency of the European Union and it’s organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the London National Gallery, with the support of the Spanish Minitery of Culture and the USA-Spain Foundation.

The collection is composed by 20 masterpieces, sculptures and paintings of the 17th century made by some well-know Spanish artists such as Velázquez, Zurbarán, Alonso Cano, Pedro de Mena and Francisco Pacheco.

“The Sacred Made Real” can be visited in Washington from February 28-May 31, 2010. Previously it was located at the National Gallery in London that put on show at the end of 2009.

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