Tomb of Jaime de Aragon, Tarragona Cathedral

Sepulchre of Martin, First Bishop of Leon, Leon Cathedral

Sepulchre of Don Ordoño II., Leon Cathedral

Sepulchre of the Martyrs, Basilica de San Vicente, Avila

Sepulchre of Archbishop Lopez de Luna in the Church of La Seo, Zaragoza

Our Lady la Mayor, Statue of Silver, Burgos Cathedral

Statue of Our Lady de la Vega, Salamanca

Statue of Our Lady de la Blanca, in the Principal Porch, Leon Cathedral

St. Michael slaying the Devil, Silver Statue by Juan de Arfé. Provincial Museum, Salamanca

Diptych in the Camarin of Santa Teresa, Escorial

Detail of the Altar-screen of the Capilla de Santiago, Toledo Cathedral

Altar-screen in the Capilla de Santiago, Toledo Cathedral

Chapel of Santiago, containing the Sepulchres of Don Alvaro de Luna and that of his wife Doña Juana, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Altar-piece in the Capilla de la Trinidad, Toledo

Altar-piece carved in Wood, end of XVth Century. Valladolid Museum

Centre of a Wooden Altar-piece, end of XVth Century. Valladolid Museum

Chapel of St. Anne, Burgos Cathedral

Details of the Altar-piece in the Chapel of St. Anne, Burgos Cathedral

Sepulchre of Don Juan II. and Doña Isabel, La Cartuja, Burgos

Sepulchre of Don Juan II. and Doña Isabel, La Cartuja, Burgos

Detail of the Sepulchre of Don Juan II. and Doña Isabel, La Cartuja, Burgos

Sepulchre of Infante Don Alonso, son of Isabella I., La Cartuja, Burgos

Sepulchre of Don Juan de Padella. Provincial Museum, Burgos

High Altar, La Cartuja, Burgos

Detail of the High Altar, La Cartuja, Burgos

Detail of the High Altar, La Cartuja, Burgos

Choir Stalls, La Cartuja, Burgos

High Altar, Santa Gadea del Cid, Burgos

High Altar of the Church of Our Lady del Pilar, Zaragoza

Bas-relief in the Altar-piece, Chapel Royal, Granada

Detail of the Sepulchre of the Catholic Sovereigns, Royal Chapel, Granada

Sepulchre of the Infante Juan, only son of Ferdinand and Isabella, Church of Santo Tomás, Avila

Carvings of the Principal Chapel, by Borgoña, Burgos Cathedral

Back Part of the High Altar, Burgos Cathedral

Tras-Sagrario, by Felipe de Borgoña, Burgos Cathedral

Tras-Sagrario, by Felipe de Borgoña, Burgos Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berriguete and Borgoña, Toledo Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berruguete and Borgoña, Toledo Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berruguete and Borgoña, Toledo Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berruguete and Borgoña, Toledo Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berruguete and Borgoña, Toledo Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berruguete and Borgoña, Toledo Cathedral

Upper Part of the Choir Stalls, carved by Berruguete and Borgoña Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the Choir Stalls: Reconquest of Granada by Ferdinand and Isabella, Toledo Cathedral

Detail of the High Altar, Chapel of the “Condestable,” Burgos Cathedral

Altar-piece, by F. de Borgoña, in the Royal Chapel, Granada

Detail of Altar-screen, Granada: King Ferdinand the Catholic

Detail of Altar-screen, Granada: Queen Isabel the Catholic

Boabdil giving up the Keys of Granada to the Catholic Sovereigns. Fragment of the Altar-piece in the Royal Chapel, Granada

Choir Stalls at San Benito, Valladolid.

Back of a Choir Stall. Valladolid Museum

Fragments of Choir Stalls. Valladolid Museum

Several Fragments of Choir Stalls. Valladolid Museum

Fragments of Choir Stalls, by Andrés de Najera. Valladolid Museum

Stalls of San Benito, by Andrés de Najera, Valladolid

Stalls of San Benito, by Andrés de Najera, Valladolid

Stalls of San Benito, by Andrés de Najera, Valladolid

Wooden Panels, Murcia Cathedral

Abraham’s Sacrifice and St. Sebastian, by Berruguete. Valladolid Museum

Sepulchre of Archbishop Tavera, by Alonso Berruguete, Hospital de Afuera, Toledo

Sepulchre, by Berruguete, in San Jeronimo, Granada

Statue of St. Secundus, by Berruguete, Church of San Secundo, Avila

San Benito. Valladolid Museum

The Transept, Cathedral of La Seo, Zaragoza

Sepulchre of the Marques de Villena and Retablo in the Monastery del Parral, Segovia

Custodia by Juan Arfé, Avila Cathedral

Statue of Don Cristobal de Rojas y Sandoval, Church of San Pedro de Lerma, Burgos

Detail of the Statue

St. Jerome, by Gaspar de Becerra, Burgos Cathedral

Altar-screen, by Juan de Juni, Segovia Cathedral

Christ in the Tomb, by Juan de Juni. Valladolid Museum

Pieta, by Hernandez. Valladolid Museum

The Baptism of Our Lord, by Hernandez. Valladolid Museum

St. Francis, by Hernandez. Valladolid Museum

The Crucifixion, by Gregorio Hernandez, Chapel of the ex-monastic Church of “Conjo,” Santiago

Our Lady of Sorrows, Church of “Conjo,” Santiago

La Dolorosa, by Salvador Carmona, Salamanca Cathedral

Flagellation of Christ, by Salvador Carmona, Salamanca Cathedral

Head of St. Paul. Valladolid Museum

High Altar, Seville Cathedral

Oratory and Screen of Isabella la Catolica, Seville

Puerta del Perdon, Seville Cathedral

Virgin and Child, by P. Torrigiano. Seville Museum

St. Jerome, by Torrigiano. Seville Museum

Statue of Faith, Top of Giralda Tower, Seville

St. Ignatius Loyola, by Montañes. University Chapel, Seville

St. Frances Xavier, by Montañes. University Chapel, Seville

Our Lord Crucified, by Montañes, The Sacristy, Seville Cathedral

The Immaculate Conception, by Montañes. University Chapel, Seville

The Immaculate Conception, by Montañes, Seville Cathedral

St. Bruno, by Montañes. Seville Museum

Our Lady de las Cuevas and Child, by Montañes. Seville Museum

St. Bruno, by Montañes, Cadiz Cathedral

Justice, by Solis. Seville Museum

The Conception of the Virgin, by Martinez, Seville Cathedral

The Crucifixion, at Triana, Seville

Our Lord, Sculpture in Wood, Hospital de la Caridad, Seville

High Altar in the Chapel, Hospital de la Caridad, Seville

Our Lady of Sorrows, by Luisa Roldan, Cadiz Cathedral

Head of John the Baptist, Granada

Head of John the Baptist, Granada

Head of John the Baptist, Granada

Statue of St. Bruno, in the Chartreuse de Miraflores, Burgos

St. Bruno, by Alonso Cano, in the Cartuja, Granada

Statue of the Magdalene, formerly in the Cartuja, Granada

St. Francis, by Pedro de Mena, Toledo Cathedral

The Last Supper, by Zarcello, Ermita de Jesus, Murcia

St. Veronica, by Salcillo, Ermita de Jesus, Murcia

FOOTNOTES:

[A] Pierre Paris, Essai sur l’Art et l’industrie de l’Espagne Primitive, 1830-4, vol. ii. p. 308. Mr. Havelock Ellis has chosen the Lady of Elche, on account of this symbolic character, as the frontispiece of his illuminating book, “The Soul of Spain.”

[B] For a fuller account of the history of polychrome sculpture we refer the reader to M. Marcel Dieulafoy’s La Statuaire Polychrome en Espagne, from which many of the facts in this chapter have been taken.