Effigy of a Lady

Spanish wood effigies are comparably rare, probably because wood is less durable than stone, and wood effigies were therefore less commonly commissioned, although it is possible that they were less unusual than now appears, and that many have simply not survived.

The identity of the subject is unknown although the costume suggests that she was perhaps a widow; probably the original tomb displayed heraldic devices since lost. The pose and costume recall a number of effigies made in the Castile region in the late 15th and early 16th century.