ABSTRACT
On 26 October 1512 Henry VIII commissioned the Florentine sculptor Pietro Torrigiani to build a sumptuous monument for his late father Henry VII.1 Torrigiani’s design was undoubtedly influenced by the examples of recent papal tombs in Rome and the Medici monuments in Florence. His masterpiece was a success, and the monument of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York continues to be interpreted as the herald of Renaissance style in English sculpture.
