King David
Description Master of the Porta Francígena. Ca. 1100 -1110. Granite The delicate image in relief of David the musician defeating the devil, today located on the left buttress of the Platerías façade, is part of the set of pieces that were once transferred from the...
Relief of female figures
Description Attributed to a Béarnaise workshop active in Compostela. Ca. 1150. MarbleThis relief fragment currently preserved in the Cathedral Museum could have come from the neighbouring Monastery of Antealtares, where it was found in the 1940s.It has been attributed...
Altar Maior of Xelmírez
Description Bishop of Santiago, Diego Gelmírez, a fundamental figure for the cathedral and, among other things, a great promoter of the construction of the Romanesque Cathedral and patron of the arts, was consecrated on April 22, 1101. Five years later, also on April...
Woman holding bunches of grapes
Description Master of the Porta Francígena. 1105-1112. Marble This relief fragment of a female with long curly hair who carries in each hand, close to her breasts, individual bunches of grapes would come from the Paradise façade. Regarding its characteristics and...