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LEONARDO da Vinci: Equestrian monument

🖼 Equestrian monument, 1517-18
Black chalk on paper
278 × 184 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Rendered in metalpoint, a rearing horse dominates the composition, its musculature precisely anatomized beneath dynamic movement. Leonardo's equestrian studies revolutionized Renaissance understanding of animal mechanics, influencing centuries of monumental sculpture design.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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