By Marie Mischel
Juan Carreño de Miranda (Avilés, Asturias, 1614–Madrid, 1685), 'Virgin of the Immaculate Conception,' 1670.<br>Oil on canvas, 211 x 145 cm. Courtesy of The Hispanic Society of America, New York, NY. Presented to the Hispanic Society by Archer M. Huntington, 1908. A85. Photo © The Hispanic Society of America, New York.
"A painting of St. Jerome by El Greco, a baptismal font displaying Moorish artistic influences as well as Christian iconography, and a 13th-century Vulgate Bible are among the more than 150 artworks, relics and antiquities included in the “Spain and the Hispanic World” exhibit at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art.
"The exhibit, which opens Jan. 26, is sponsored by the Hispanic Society of New York; it was shown at the Prado in Madrid in 2017 and last year at London’s Royal Academy of Arts..."
