# The Burial of the Count of Orgaz \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GRECO, El]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary El Greco's most famous representation of the relationship between Heaven and Earth is The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. In the lower half there is a realistic representation of a burial service with contemporary mourners. Their physical individuality is emphasized by their different physical forms , the variety of their facial and gestural expressions, and the different textures of armour, cope, surplice, habit and civilian dress - the richly embroidered vestments of Saints Stephen and Augustine, the count damascened armour glinting in the gloom and reflecting the head of Saint Stephen in the breastplate, and the diaphanous surplice of the priest. The illusion is heightened by the inclusion of contemporary Toledans as mourners. ## Related artworks - [A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle \(Soplón\)]() - [A Lady in a Fur Wrap]() - [A Prelate]() - [A View of Toledo \(detail\)]() - [A View of Toledo]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Allegory of the Camaldolese Order]() - [Altarpiece]() - [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)]() - [An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool \(Fábula\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()