r64 Painters in the Reign of Henry VIII. 



was thrown into the inquifition, tried and 

 condemned — the execution indeed was refpit- 

 ed, but he became melancholy mad and 

 Itarved himfelf to death at Seville in 1522 in 

 the fiftieth year of his age. 



Torreggiano, it feems, with Henry's tur- 

 bulence of temper, had adopted his religion, 

 and yet, as he quitted England, one fhould 

 fuppofe had not fupplenefs enough to pleafe 

 the monarch, even after that complaifance. 

 In the life of Benvenuto Cellini is farther 

 evidence of Torreggiano's being employed 

 here, and of his difputes with Michael An- 

 gelo. 



When Cellini was about feventeen he fays 

 there arrived at Florence a fculptor called 

 Pietro Torreggiani, who came from England 

 v/here he had refided many years -, this artifl 

 much frequenting Cellini's mafler, told the 

 former, that having a great work of bronze 

 to execute for the king of England, he was 

 come to engage as many youths as he could 

 to aflifl him -, and that Cellini being rather 

 a fculptor than a graver, Torreggiani offered 

 to make his fortune if he would accompany 

 him to London. He was, adds Cellini, of a 

 noble prefence, bold, and with the air of a 



great 



