The present invention relates to a resin composition which has a low viscosity (at 25˚C) of not more than 1300mPa·s and a relatively high liquid refractive index of at least 1.50, which is used to seal a surface of an organic electroluminescent (EL) element, and with which a cured product exhibiting excellent visible light transmission, excellent light resistance, a high Tg, and a low water vapour transmission rate can be obtained. The resin composition has a viscosity measured at 25˚C of not more than 1300mPa·s, and includes an aromatic compound (A) and a cyclic compound (B). Aromatic compound (A) has an oxetanyl group or an epoxy group, and has at least one skeleton selected from the group consisting of: a skeleton of biphenyl, bisphenol A, bisphenol F, bisphenol S, or the like represented by formula (A-A) […]; a phenylene skeleton which may be substituted with a C1-4 alkyl group, and which is represented by formula (A-B) […]; an anthracene skeleton; and a phenanthrene skeleton. Cyclic compound (B) has an oxetanyl group or an epoxy group, and satisfies the following conditions (conditions for cyclic compound (B): that the ring in cyclic compound (B) be an aromatic ring, an aliphatic ring, or a heterocycle; in cases when the ring is (a) an aromatic ring, that the cyclic compound have an oxetanyl group or an epoxy group, and an aromatic ring having a structure different to that of the compound used as aromatic compound (A); and, in cases when the ring is (b) an aliphatic ring, that the cyclic compound be either an alicyclic epoxy resin, or, a cyclic compound having an oxetanyl group or an epoxy group, and a cycloalkylene skeleton or an alicyclic hydrocarbon skeleton having a cross-linking structure).