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 Reformation regarded the Word of God – that is, the gospel – as central to Christendom, and Protestant altarpieces often displayed the actual words from the bible, sometimes at the expense of pictures. With time, Protestant though gave birth to the so-called pulpit altar, or "Kanzelaltar" in German, in which the altarpiece and the pulpit are combined, thus making the altarpiece quite literally the abode of the Word of God. Canvas painting started to replace other types of altarpieces during the mid-16th century and onwards. The Middle Ages was the heyday of the production and use of altarpieces. While many