88 L’ESCULTURA DECORATIVA DEL SEGLE XV 89 L’escultura decorativa del segle XV RAFAEL CORNUDELLA / GUADAIRA MACÍAS Gothic sculpture The Palau de la Generalitat is home to an imposing collection of decorative sculpture applied to the architecture. In this chapter we study the Gothic sculpture, done while Marc Safont was overseeing the construction of the 15th-century core of the building. The only element with documented authorship is the St George medallion (circa 1417-18), by the sculptor Pere Joan. From that item of information some historians have deduced that the sculptor and his workshop would also be responsible for the rest of the 15th-century sculptural work, whilst others have spoken of a hypothetical “Marc Safont workshop”. In fact, several independent masters worked on the sculptural decoration of the palace, no doubt under the coordination of the architect. On the façade in Carrer del Bisbe an important part was played by a sculptor who also brought sculptural elements to the extension of the cathedral sacristy and who may be identified as Francesc Marata. And for the size of his contribution we should single out the anonymous sculptor whom we will call the Master of the Generalitat. Probably assisted by others, he took charge of the decorative elements of the façade on Carrer de Sant Honorat and the splendid great Gothic courtyard, from the ground floor to the gargoyles, which displays a varied and exotic repertoire of human beings, monsters and hybrids, including unexpected subjects such as the philosopher Aristotle being ridden like a horse by the courtesan Phyllis. We also detect the personality of this sculptor elsewhere, notably on the keystone of the St George Chapel, where another master must have been in charge of the corbels with the Evangelists.