# Tomb of Margaret Beaufort [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TORRIGIANO, Pietro]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Bronze ## Commentary The first reference to Torrigiano's activity in England is the commission to make the tomb of Henry VII's mother Lady Margaret Beaufort \(d. 1509\) in Westminster Abbey, awarded on 23 November 1511 and guaranteed by Leonardo Fristobaldo and Giovanni Cavalcanti, 'merchauntes of florence'. ## Related artworks - [Bishop John Fisher]() - [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]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()