The influence of pictorial models on the 16th century imagery of the Basque Country through engravings was somehow peculiar. This is to be appreciated in the work of Juan de Anchieta, one of the most important artists of the so called "Romanism". This essay gives evidence of a carving destined to St Michael's Church in Vitoria and offers its graphic model precisely through the engravings by Ghisi / Scultori, who greatly collaborated to a widespread knowledge of the pictorial aesthetic of Michelangelo and his followers.