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Offline Matto

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The Count of Orgaz
« on: September 17, 2013, 03:45:08 PM »
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    • This is one of El Greco's most famous paintings. It is called "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz." The painting was of the burial of a real man who they say when he died, Saint Stephen and Saint Augustine came down from heaven and helped to bury him. Does anyone know anything about the life of the man being buried in the painting? He was called the Count of Orgaz, though he gained that title only after his death.
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    The Count of Orgaz
    « Reply #1 on: September 17, 2013, 06:38:23 PM »
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    • I don't know if this helps but ...

    The Wikipedia page for 'The Burial of the Count of Orgaz" says "In 1312, a certain Don Gonzalo Ruíz, native of Toledo, and Señor of the town of Orgaz, died (his family later received the title of Count, by which he is generally and posthumously known). The Count of Orgaz was a pious man who, among other charitable acts, left a sum of money for the enlargement and adornment of the church of Santo Tomé (El Greco's parish church).[1] He was also a philanthropist and a right-thinking Knight. According to the legend, at the time he was buried, Saint Stephen and Saint Augustine descended in person from the heavens and buried him by their own hands in front of the dazzled eyes of those present."

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