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Monument to Henry VII (detail)
1512-18
Bronze, approximately life-size
Westminster Abbey, London
The effigies of Henry VII and his wife Elisabeth of York were made with the use of death masks. They have a Gothic elegance, but the figures of angels at the corners and the exquisite decorative work introduced a pure Renaissance style into England.