On both sides of the niche is the coat of arms of Cardinal Tavera (repeated in smaller size in the tympanum) and below them, the coat of arms of the canon Diego López de Ayala, who was a great patron of the cathedral.
Zgoraj je niša, ki vsebuje kiparsko skupino, ki prikazuje dogodke legende Quo Vadis nad tlemi školjke, kar namiguje na smrt; to je delo kiparja Olarteja.