# West portal \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, French]() - Date: 1151-1200 - Technique: Stone ## Commentary Although the building itself is among the earliest Gothic churches, begun between 1122 and 1142, the west front of Sens Cathedral dates only from the years between 1185 and 1205. The picture shows the figure of St Stephen on the central doorway of west portal. ## Related artworks - [Ambulatory capital]() - [Ambulatory capital]() - [Annunciation]() - [Apocalypse]() - [Apostles James the Great and Paul]() - [Apostles James the Great and Paul]() - [Apostles John and Peter]() - [Apostles]() - [Ascension]() - [Bearded Man's Head]() - [Capital from Nazareth]() - [Capital of a column]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()