An unknown man, perhaps a Florentine merchant

Pietro Torrigiano

ca. 1510–15 · Polychromed terracotta · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This is one of three busts that were in a room above the Holbein Gate, Whitehall, until 1759. The others represent Henry VII (Victoria and Albert Museum, London) and a cleric traditionally identified as John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester (36.69), but that identification is now questioned.

Artist

Pietro Torrigiano

Date

ca. 1510–15

Medium

Polychromed terracotta

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1944