A Virgin Gets Her Saints Back

“Three masterpieces painted by El Greco for the same chapel but separated for nearly 400 years went on display together for the first time in Spain yesterday, at Madrid’s Prado museum. The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, a towering altarpiece considered to be one of El Greco’s greatest works, was reunited with two paintings of saints, lit up by her radiance, which the artist designed to flank her.”