Text transcribed from caption: PC-30776 FAIR VISITORS TO SEE FAMED EL GRECO CANVAS NEW YORK -- The Spanish Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair has received government approval to display this famous 400-year-old religious painting by El Greco, entitled “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz.” The canvas was recently removed from a back wall of the Santo Tome Catholic church in Toledo, with permission of Enrique Cardinal Pla y Deniel, Primate of Spain. Only once before was the delicate task of peeling the canvas off the wall attempted in about 400 years, and that took place during the Spanish Civil War when Toledo and its art treasures were in peril. Following the war, the 24 by 15 feet canvas was restored and remounted on the wall of the ancient church. The painting consists of two scene symbolizing heaven and earth, with the lower portion showing the body of the count being placed into his grave by St. Stephen and St. Augustine, and the upper part depicting the count’s soul in heaven. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (RNS-3D-64-NAB)
