. The lives of the British sculptors, and those who have worked in England from the earliest days to Sir Francis Chantrey. e mention of terra-cotta reminds me of the beautifulmedallions in that material, which may be seen at Hamp-ton Court, and which are almost undoubtedly the workof the same artist, whose royal undertakings would notat that period have been any bar to his working for theroyal favourite. Indeed, there is a circular head ofHenry VIII. at Hampton Court, which Walpole attributesto Torrigiano without any question; while a model instone of Henry VII. in his death agony, which was o
. The lives of the British sculptors, and those who have worked in England from the earliest days to Sir Francis Chantrey. e mention of terra-cotta reminds me of the beautifulmedallions in that material, which may be seen at Hamp-ton Court, and which are almost undoubtedly the workof the same artist, whose royal undertakings would notat that period have been any bar to his working for theroyal favourite. Indeed, there is a circular head ofHenry VIII. at Hampton Court, which Walpole attributesto Torrigiano without any question; while a model instone of Henry VII. in his death agony, which was onceat Strawberry Hill, was always regarded by Walpole asthe work of the same hand ; being, as he himself expressesit, in the great style of Raphael and Michael Angelo,and worthy of either. Whether Torrigiano did other work in this country,is uncertain, nor is it definitely known how long he re-mained here, but on leaving he settled in Spain, where histurbulent temper landed him in the Inquisition. Triedand condemned as a heretic (he had, in a fit of passion,broken a statue of the Virgin which he had himself •* /?. QOX u I—IPi fa o enen W hz Id O u O fa wPQ h < o Pi< fa o PQ o h TORRIGIANO 13 carved) he was, by some powerful influence, respited ; butin a fit of melancholy—drastic treatment and starvelingfare acting on a passionate nature probably—he com-mitted suicide, by refusing to eat the little that wasallowed him, at Seville, in the year 1522, and when hewas but forty-nine years of age.* Although the impetus given to the art of sculpture, inthis country, by the great Italian, is too obvious to requireinsisting upon, it must also be remembered that beforehis advent some excellent work had, as we have seen, beendone in this country; and in this connection Dallawaysremarks are worth quoting. Says he: Although themausoleum of Henry VII. be, in dimensions and magnifi-cence, a work worthy of all the admiration then bestowedupon it, the art of sculpture and casting i
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