The Burial of the Count of Orgaz

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The Burial of the Count of Orgaz is a celebrated late 16th-century painting by El Greco that dramatically blends heavenly and earthly scenes to commemorate a legendary miracle at a nobleman’s funeral in Toledo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting
religious painting
artHistoricalSignificance celebrated example of the blending of heaven and earth in late Renaissance art
considered one of El Greco’s masterpieces
artist El Greco
commissionedBy parish priest of Santo Tomé in Toledo
commissionedFor side chapel in the church of Santo Tomé
completionDate 1588
countryOfOrigin Spain
creator El Greco
depictionType multi-register composition separating heavenly and earthly zones
depicts Christ in Majesty
surface form: Christ in glory

Augustine of Hippo
surface form: Saint Augustine

John the Baptist
surface form: Saint John the Baptist

Saint Stephen
a miracle at the funeral of the Count of Orgaz
a young boy traditionally identified as El Greco’s son Jorge Manuel
angels
contemporary Toledan nobles
earthly funeral scene
heavenly scene
Virgin Mary
surface form: the Virgin Mary

the burial of Don Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo, Count of Orgaz
genre Mannerist painting
height 480 cm
inception 1586
inscription signature and date on the handkerchief of the boy
languageOfTitle Spanish
locatedIn Castile-La Mancha
Spain
Toledo
location Iglesia de Santo Tomé
medium oil on canvas
oil paint
movement Mannerism
Spanish Renaissance
orientation vertical
originalTitle The Burial of the Count of Orgaz self-linksurface differs
surface form: El entierro del Conde de Orgaz
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
setting church of Santo Tomé in Toledo
significantPlace Toledo
styleCharacteristic dramatic lighting
elongated figures
intense color contrasts
subject legend of the Count of Orgaz
support canvas
title The Burial of the Count of Orgaz self-link
width 360 cm

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El Greco notableWork The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
The Greek notableWork The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz title The Burial of the Count of Orgaz self-link
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz originalTitle The Burial of the Count of Orgaz self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: El entierro del Conde de Orgaz