UNKNOWN MASTER, Spanish
(active c. 1100)

Sarcophagus of the Infanta Doña Sancha

c. 1100
Stone
San Salvador y San Ginés, Jaca

One of the most important works of the Spanish Romanesque period not connected to an architectural structure is the sarcophagus of Doña Sancha, daughter of King Ramiro I and the widow of the Count of Toulouse. On the front, underneath arcades, are two scenes in memory of the countess who died in 1097: on the right Doña Sancha herself is depicted between two nuns or maids, and on the left is her burial. In the centre, the soul of the dead is shown by two angels within a mandorla, an image of salvation.