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LEONARDO da Vinci: Rearing horse

🖼 Rearing horse, 1503-04
Red chalk and pencil
153 × 142 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Muscular tension animates this rearing horse, rendered through precise anatomical study with flowing ink lines. Leonardo captured equine dynamism as preparation for monumental sculpture, exemplifying Renaissance obsession with movement and natural form.

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E. H. Gombrich
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