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Torrigiano moved to Spain either c. 1522, when Charles V visited his aunt, Catherine of Aragon, and Henry VIII in London, or c. 1525, when he made a terracotta bust (untraced) of Empress Isabella of Portugal, according to Francisco d'Hollanda, presumably for her marriage in 1526 to Charles V in Seville. On his way to Seville, Torrigiano may have worked in Portugal for Isabella of Portugal (1503-39) and in Granada Cathedral on the royal tombs. He must have worked at the royal monastery of Guadalupe, Extremadura, where a document indicates that in 1526 a polychrome terracotta statue of St Jerome (now in the sacristy and attributed to Torrigiano) was placed on the high altar.
In Seville Torrigiano modelled imposing life-size statues of the Penitent St Jerome, which is related to the version at Guadalupe, and two Virgin and Child groups, one for the Hieronymite convent of Buena Vista outside Seville (both now Museo de Bellas Artes, Seville). These influenced later Spanish sculptors and painters, e.g. Montañes, Zurbaran and Goya.
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