 It is not clear whether he got his training in France or Italy.However his style is essentially French, notwithstanding his use of Lombard ornaments.Chanterene is first mentioned in a document in Santiago de Compostela that states that a payment was made to him for carving 15 of the 16 life-size statues between 13 August 1511 and 1513 in the columns of the transept of the Hospital Real (Hostal de Los Reyes Católicos founded in 1492).