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Which saints appear in The Burial of the Count of Orgaz?
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Burial of the Count de Orgaz, oil on canvas by El Greco, 1586–88; in the church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain.
In the painting The Burial of the Count of Orgaz, the two saints who appear miraculously to place the count into his tomb are St. Augustine and St. Stephen.1
According to the legend depicted in the work, these saints appeared in golden and red vestments to honor the count for his generosity toward their church.12