The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
1586–1588 · Oil on canvas · Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo
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About this work
- Artist
- El Greco (1541–1614)
- Year
- 1586–1588
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 480 × 360 cm
- Collection
- Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo
- Movement
- Renaissance
The canvas is in two zones. Below, Saint Stephen and Saint Augustine, in gold-embroidered vestments, lower the body of the Count of Orgaz, clad in shining armour, into his tomb, watched by a row of black-clad Toledan gentlemen with white ruffs and by clergy; a boy at the lower left points to the scene. Above, the Count's soul is carried upwards by an angel towards Christ, the Virgin, John the Baptist and a crowd of saints. Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo, lord of Orgaz, died in 1323 and left money to the church of Santo Tomé; legend held that the two saints came down from heaven to bury him. The parish priest Andrés Núñez, who had won a lawsuit to enforce the bequest, commissioned the painting for the Count's burial chapel, and the contract with El Greco was signed on 18 March 1586. It was finished by 1588, when people were already coming to see the portraits of local notables in it. It remains where it was made to hang, in the church of Santo Tomé in Toledo.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
A crowd of black-clad noblemen and gold vestments below an arched heaven of grey cloud and saints, tall and solemn, for a hallway, stair wall or study at 24×36 in black. A charcoal, warm stone or deep red wall; it pairs with The Night Watch.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
- Era
- 16th century (1586–1588)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, living room, dining room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
The Madten promise
A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.
