TORRIGIANO, Pietro
(b. 1472, Firenze, d. 1528, Sevilla)

Tomb of Margaret Beaufort

1511
Bronze
Westminster Abbey, London

The first reference to Torrigiano's activity in England is the commission to make the tomb of Henry VII's mother Lady Margaret Beaufort (d. 1509) in Westminster Abbey, awarded on 23 November 1511 and guaranteed by Leonardo Fristobaldo and Giovanni Cavalcanti, 'merchauntes of florence'.