The two lateral walls of the Chapel are covered by two fresco paintings that occupy an approximate surface of 35 square meters each. They were made in 1913 and 1914 by the painter Fernando de Villodas y Revillas, under the bishopric of Julián de Diego y Alcolea.
The compositions represent the Presentation of Our Lord in the Temple and the so-called Adoration of the Kings, inspired by Van Eick cartoons. Both murals are framed by bands with vegetal and ornithological motifs, in the upper ones are represented four posters of the coat of arms of Alcolea and in the lower ones some Latin inscriptions taken from the liturgy of the feast of the purification of the Virgin.
The mural on the right
In the lateral stripes we see the encounter of Jesus with the Samaritan woman and of this one with her neighbors, and Jesus in the surroundings of the Temple with the scribes and Pharisees in the passage of the adulterous woman, when he says to them ‘if you have no sin, throw a stone at her first’.
In the highest part, two angels with attributes of the passion and two unidentified individuals appear. With the other fourteen characters that appear symmetrically, the idea is to make a journey through the Old Testament.
This mural also depicts a character that represents Joseph in Egypt, the son of Jacob; betrayed and sold by his brothers as Christ was by Judas.
The mural on the left
It recalls the moment narrated in the Gospel of St. Luke (2, 21 ff.): ‘When the parents came in with the child Jesus to fulfill in him what was prescribed by the Law, he received him in his arms and blessed God’.
In the upper right corner, Villodas represents himself. On the sides, the figure of King David and above the anointing as king. On the other side, the figure of King Solomon and, above it, his coronation as king. In the space in the middle, Cain and Abel and the sacrifice of Isaac are represented.