Santa María Magdalena, ca.1597 Autor: Domenicos Theotocopoulos, el Greco (Candía hc. 1541- Toledo 1614)  Oil on cavas (101 x 80,5 cm) Property: Colección Masaveu. © of the reproduction photography: María Cristina Masaveu Peterson Foundation, 2013. Author of the photography: Marcos Morilla.

TERESA DE JESÚS. LA PRUEBA DE MI VERDAD

Organised by: Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural.
Curator: Rosa Navarro Durán.
Art work Colección Masaveu loaned for exhibition: Santa María Magdalena, ca.1597 Author: Domenicos Theotocopoulos, el Greco.

The 5th Centenary of the birth of Saint Teresa of Ávila was celebrated in March 2015. To mark this event, Acción Cultural Española and the national library in Madrid (Biblioteca Nacional de España) organised a biographical exhibition on the saint. The show examined episodes in her life and analysed her literature and influence on subsequent writers. An account of Teresa’s life through her written work marked the exhibition layout: the pages of her books are on public display, converting her words into images, a selection of which accompanied the whole exhibition route. The exhibition aimed to reflect the writer’s links with important people of her day, such as Empress Maria, the House of Alba, King Philip II and Fray Luis de León, highlighting her significance as a founder and writer.

TERESA DE JESÚS. LA PRUEBA DE MI VERDAD
TERESA DE JESÚS. THE PROOF OF MY TRUTH

Sociedad Estatal de Acción Cultural
Biblioteca Nacional de España. Madrid.
March 11, 2015 – May 31, 2015