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It's history can be traced back to the middle of the 19th century. The base is more in the manner of Pugin than of any of Torregiano's contemporaries'.\r\n\r\nPietro Torrigiano (1472-1528) was an Italian sculptor also active in France, the Netherlands, Spain, and perhaps Portugal. He is well known for breaking Michelangelo's nose and he is credited with introducing the Italian Renaissance style to England.","physicalDescription":"The King wears a ridged cap and hooded gown, with a tasselled cord round his neck. The square moulded base is decorated with ornaments in relief and recessed quatrefoils.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Pietro Torrigiano","id":"A8924"},"association":{"text":"sculptor","id":"AAT25181"},"note":"anonymous, after the original of"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"bronze","id":"AAT10957"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Bronze","categories":[{"text":"Bronze","id":"THES49033"},{"text":"Royalty","id":"THES48899"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2018KY8793"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"KCOL (LOAN)","id":"THES49561"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bust","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1850","earliest":"1845-01-01","latest":"1854-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"72.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Was in the possession of Mr Henry Catt in 1862. Purchased by the Museum in London in 1862 for 150. Although the vendor is not recorded. it was probably purchased from Mr Henry Catt. On long term loan to Kings College, Cambridge from 1986. The bust is taken from the effigy to Henry VII in Westminster Abbey, executed by Torrigiano between 1512 and 1519.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Bust, bronze, of King Henry VII, after Pietro Torrigiano's original effigy of Henry VII in Westminster Abbey, Britain, ca. 1850","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Jonathan Marsden, <u>European Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty the King</u>, London, 2025, vol. III, pp. 895."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Bilbey, Diane and Trusted, Marjorie. <u>British Sculpture 1470-2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum</u>. 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