Pietro Torrigiano

Pietro Torrigiano
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(1472–1528) Italian artist (1472-1528)

Pietro Torrigiano (1472–1528) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Pietro Torrigiano belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Pietro Torrigiano was born in Florence and died in Seville. Wikidata associates Pietro Torrigiano with Florentine School.

The best-known works include ‘An unknown man, perhaps a Florentine merchant’, ‘Bust of Bishop John Fisher’, and ‘Bust of Henry VII’. The catalogue has 3 works by Pietro Torrigiano with free images. The dated work is from 1500. Works by Pietro Torrigiano are held by Sculptures in the National Gallery of Art and Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Girolamo Alibrandi, Matthias Grünewald, Pietro Paolo Agabiti, Rueland, the younger Frueauf, and Albrecht Dürer.