Solomon and Moses

Description

Master Mateo and his workshop. Ca. 1200. Granite

The first section on the left of the façade of the Holy Door is topped by the figures of King Solomon and Moses from Master Mateo’s choir. Both figures would originally be placed at the respective ends of façade crown of the choir in which, as a prefiguration of Christ, the images of Moses, his brother Aaron, and Samuel would be placed to the left of the tympanum of the Epiphany, with the kings of Judah, Saul, David, and Solomon on the other side. A similar content also appeared in the sculptural set of the outer façade of the Portico of Glory.
Solomon repeats the iconographic model used by Mateo on the façade of the Portico, where he was once again paired with his father David, and on the inner cresting of the choir where he faced the Queen of Sheba, raising and showing the palm of his right hand bordered by the cape. Regarding Moses, he recalls his homonym on the Portico.

3D Model

InformaTIOn

Promote: Fundación Catedral de Santiago
Collaborate: S. A. de Xestión do Plan Xacobeo – Xunta de Galicia

Project Manager: Ramón Yzquierdo Peiró
Scanning and image processing: Margen / Elipseeg.com
Graphic Design: La Cosa Gráfica

Contact

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Casa do Deán, Rúa do Vilar, 1
15705 Santiago de Compostela · (España)
Ph.: +34 981 569 327
museo@catedraldesantiago.es

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