# Christ in Majesty \(from La Portada del Sarmental\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MEDIEVAL SCULPTOR, Spanish]() - Date: 1201-1250 - Technique: Stone ## Commentary Christ in Majesty \(from La Portada del Sarmental\) c. 1235 Stone Cathedral, Burgos Two masters influenced by the Amiens school created the sculpture for the Portada del Sarmental on the south transept of Burgos Cathedral, the first specifically Gothic monument in Castile. The Christ surrounded by symbols of the Evangelists, on the tympanum, recalls the old Romanesque iconographic scheme of the Pantocrator, but the figure style and the clarity of composition are classically Gothic. The tendency towards naturalism and the directness with which the the broad surfaces are carved are more Spanish. Christ's face is exceptionally beautiful, and is comparable to the one at Amiens, although perhaps more human. ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi]() - [Annunciation]() - [Annunciation]() - [Archangel]() - [Bileam and his Ass]() - [Burial and Resurrection]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() - [Capital]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()