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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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 glory ⓘ
linked to: Christ in Majesty

Saint Augustine ⓘ
linked to: Augustine of Hippo

Saint John the Baptist ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
the Virgin Mary ⓘ
linked to: 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 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz → originalTitle → El entierro del Conde de Orgaz ⓘ
linked to: The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
Late Renaissance → hasNotableWork → The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (El Greco) ⓘ
linked to: The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
Church of Santo Tomé → housesWork → The Burial of the Count of Orgaz ⓘ
subject linked to: church of Santo Tomé in Toledo
Santo Tomé Church, Toledo → housesWork → The Burial of the Count of Orgaz ⓘ
Santo Tomé Church, Toledo → hasArtwork → The Burial of the Count of Orgaz ⓘ
Iglesia de Santo Tomé → hasArtwork → The Burial of the Count of Orgaz ⓘ