ABSTRACT
The history of the mausoleum in Granada began on September 13, 1504, with the foundation act and the concession of the privileges. The scholarship on the Capilla Real has frequently investigated the meaning the Catholic Kings gave to the building, exploring if their will was to create a private mausoleum. The Count of Tendilla himself was also the mediator between the Florentine sculptor and Ferdinand the Catholic when the latter decided to dedicate a sepulchre to the memory of Prince John in 1511. The choice of an Italian sculptor and the reference to an unusual sepulchral model, the bronze tomb of Sixtus IV executed by Antonio del Pollaiuolo between 1484 and 1493, are of great importance for the two marble monuments.
