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LEONARDO da Vinci: Study for the Sforza monument

🖼 Study for the Sforza monument, 1488-89
Metalpoint on bluish prepared paper
Windsor, United Kingdom

Powerful horse anatomy dominates this bronze study, rendered with Leonardo's precise linear technique and anatomical obsession. The unexecuted monument reveals Renaissance engineering ambition and da Vinci's revolutionary approach to equestrian sculpture, bridging art and scientific observation.

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