The composition of the Burial of the Count of Orgaz has been closely related to the Byzantine iconography of the Dormition of the Theotokos. The examples that have been used to support this point of view have a close relationship with the icon of the Dormition by El Greco that was discovered in 1983 in the church of the same name in Syros.
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz's composition is similar to Byzantine iconography depicting the Dormition of the Theotokos. The examples used to support this similarity are closely related to El Greco’s Dormition icon, discovered in 1983 at a church named after it on Syros.