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Torrigiani, Bastiano
(b Bologna; d Rome, 5 Sept 1596). Italian sculptor. He was active in the Roman workshop of Guglielmo della Porta after 1573, and assumed control of the studio after della Porta’s death in 1577. He executed bronze sculptures for the Cappella Gregoriana in St Peter’s, the Cappella del Presepio in S Maria Maggiore, both in Rome, and the Capella del Coro in S Agostino in Bologna. His best-known works are the colossal bronze figures (1585–7) of St Peter and St Paul cast for the tops of the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. Perhaps Torrigiani’s greatest contribution was in portraiture, notable examples being a bust of Gregory XIII and three busts of Sixtus V (Berlin, Bodemus.; Macerata Cathedral; London, V&A). These and other works by Torrigiani are generally regarded as among the most significant sculptures produced in Rome between the death of Paul III in 1549 and the sculpture of Bernini, capturing the zeal of the early years of the Council of Trent. The busts demonstrate an indebtedness to Michelangelo’s art and 16th-century Venetian painted portraits, such as those by Titian, in their emphasis on surface texture and the strong presence of the sitter—influences that Torrigiani would have inherited through his training and association with della Porta.
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