# Virgin and Child [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [TORRIGIANO, Pietro]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Polychrome terracotta ## Commentary Vasari stated that in order to earn better wages during these years, Torrigiano enlisted in Cesare Borgia's army in the war of Romagna \(1499–1500\); he then joined the Florentines in the battle against Pisa \(autumn 1499\) and later fought at Garigliano \(28 Dec 1503\) with Piero de' Medici and the French forces. Heralded as a valiant soldier, he returned to Florence, presumably in early 1504. Several works have been attributed to him during this period, for example a polychrome Virgin and Child in Santissima Annunziata degli Zoccolanti, Fossombrone \(on loan to Palazzo Ducale, Urbino\), which is associated with a commission for an altarpiece that Torrigiano received on 13 January 1500. ## 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]()