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
Altarpiece itself and sometimes in front of it. Much smaller private altarpieces, often portable, were made for wealthy individuals to use at home, often as folding diptychs or triptychs for safe transport. In the Middle Ages very small diptychs or triptychs carved in ivory or other materials were popular. Altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting or sculpture, or a set of them, the word can also