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Since 1586, this painting - located in the Iglesia de Santo Tomé in Toledo - has been considered one of the most important works of Domenico Theotocopuli, El Greco or "The Greek", and also the biggest painting of the Spanish 16th Century (4.8 x 3.6 meters). It represents an old tradition: when in 1312 Don Gonzálo Ruíz de Toledo, Count of Orgaz, died, both Saint Esteban and Saint Agustín helped to bury the body inside this church, owned by the count at the time. The composition has two scenes: one terrestrial (the lower side of the painting) with the representations of contemporanian people of El Greco (even his self-portrait (1) and his young son´s portrait (2)); and also another celestial scene, on the half upper side of the composition.
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Western Europe
