Overview
- The works—a Christ in Majesty and a relief with symbols of the evangelists—once formed the main tympanum of the Carboeiro monastery.
- Under a long-term deposit agreed by the Xunta de Galicia and the Barcelona City Council, the pieces will be shown at the Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago for ten years, renewable for another ten.
- Galician officials say exhibition standards match those of the Museu Frederic Marès, covering security, conservation, custody and display.
- Historian Francisco Prado-Vilar’s research documented a 1957 theft and invoked the site’s 1931 Monumento Nacional status, providing the legal basis for the claim.
- The Museu Frederic Marès acquired the sculptures in 1980 from a private collector; Barcelona officials describe the loan as a cooperative act of justice and express openness to a definitive return once Carboeiro has suitable conditions, with authorities casting the deal as a model for future restitutions.