Tomb of Emperor Henry VII
by TINO DI CAMAINO, Marble
On 12 February 1315 Tino, mentioned as Giovanni Pisano’s successor as Master of the Works of Pisa Cathedral, was commissioned to erect the tomb of the Emperor Henry VII (d 1313) in the choir of Pisa Cathedral. This work was largely completed by July 1315, when Tino suddenly left Pisa for Siena. The tomb was dismantled in 1494 and a smaller monument in the south transept was pieced together from fragments; the group of statues originally consisting of the Emperor enthroned between six advisers was placed in the Camposanto (now Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Pisa).
The picture shows the monument in the south transept of Pisa Cathedral. The fresco above the sarcophagus is by the school of Domenico Ghirlandaio.