Madrid - San Andrés

Built in 1520-35 directly into the wall on the north side of San Andrés lies the Capilla del Obispo, which can be entered from the Plaza de la Paja. It is the only surviving architectural example of the mature Isabelline Gothic style in Madrid. Notable features are the Renaissance doors (from the workshop of Francisco Giralte, a pupil of Berruguete) and the inner wooden doors, which are ascribed to Francisco de Villapandó or Cristóbal de Robles. The chapel itself was built to house the shrine of San Isidro, which was kept there from 1518 to 1657, when it was transferred to the Church of San Isidro el Real.

The High Altar is a masterpiece of Plateresque style (the Late Gothic of Castile) by Francisco Giralte, a native of Palencia, who was buried here in 1576.

To the right and left of the altar are the tombs of Francisco de Vargas (d. 1524) and his wife Inés de Carvajal (d. 1518; by Giralte). Here, too, is the tomb of Bishop Gutiérrez de Carvajal y Vargas, from whom the chapel takes its name.