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Vasari stated that in order to earn better wages during these years, Torrigiano enlisted in Cesare Borgia's army in the war of Romagna (1499–1500); he then joined the Florentines in the battle against Pisa (autumn 1499) and later fought at Garigliano (28 Dec 1503) with Piero de' Medici and the French forces. Heralded as a valiant soldier, he returned to Florence, presumably in early 1504. Several works have been attributed to him during this period, for example a polychrome Virgin and Child in Santissima Annunziata degli Zoccolanti, Fossombrone (on loan to Palazzo Ducale, Urbino), which is associated with a commission for an altarpiece that Torrigiano received on 13 January 1500.
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