 The figures in the “Deposition of Christ” were modelled by him in clay, leaving the carving to his assistants.In 1526 he was promoted by king João III to the honorary title of royal herald.In the same year, he sculpted the arch over the door between the cloister and the chapter house of the Mosteiro de Celas in Coimbra

The damaged retable in the Renaissance chapel of St. Peter in the Old Cathedral of Coimbra is also attributed to Chanterene.