Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece the Evangelist", "St John the Baptist", "St Bernard" and "St Benedict") and a small painting on the tympanum between the two main paintings ("Sudarium"). Of these, only the original panels of "St John the Baptist" and "St John the Evangelist" remain in situ, along with the painting for the right-hand side altarpiece, "Resurrection". "Assumption" is now in the Art Institute of Chicago and "Holy Trinity" in the Prado Museum. The rest are replaced in the church by copies. Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece The Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece is a 1577-1579 altarpiece by El Greco, painted for the Monastery
Early Netherlandish painting time. That hinged works could be opened and closed served a practical purpose; on religious holidays the more prosaic and everyday outer panels were replaced by the lush interior panels. The "Ghent Altarpiece", completed in 1432, had different configurations for weekdays, Sundays and church holidays. The first generation of Netherlandish masters borrowed many customs from 13th- and 14th-century Italian altarpieces. The conventions for Italian triptychs before 1400 were quite rigid. In central panels the mid-ground was populated by members of the Holy Family; early works, especially from the Sienese or Florentine traditions, were overwhelmingly characterised by images of the enthroned