# Bishop John Fisher [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TORRIGIANO, Pietro]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Painted terracotta, height 62 cm ## Commentary Executed in London, this painted terracotta bust is an important harbinger of the Italian Renaissance style in England. Its realism was new there at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and a favourable reception would have ensured its maker a successful career. His most important commission was the bronze and marble tomb of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York in Westminster Abbey. The sitter of the bust is not identified, perhaps he was a Florentine merchant, since Florentine merchants were instrumental in bringing Torrigiano to England. ## Related artworks - [Bishop John Fisher]() - [Bust of Christ]() - [Bust of Santa Fina]() - [Bust of Sir Gilbert Talbot]() - [Effigy of Henry VII \(detail\)]() - [Effigy of Henry VII]() - [Head of Christ]() - [Monument to Henry VII \(detail\)]() - [Monument to Henry VII \(detail\)]() - [Monument to Henry VII \(detail\)]() - [Monument to Henry VII]() - [Penitent St Jerome]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()