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LEONARDO da Vinci: Equestrian Statue

🖼 Equestrian Statue, 1516-19
Bronze, 24,3 cm
Budapest, Hungary

Muscular tension animates this bronze horse, captured mid-stride with arched neck and raised foreleg in classical contrapposto. Leonardo's anatomical mastery transforms equine power into monumental sculpture, influencing Renaissance ideals of dynamic form and naturalistic movement.

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