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LEONARDO da Vinci: Study of battles on horseback and on foot

🖼 Study of battles on horseback and on foot, 1503-04
Pen and ink on paper
145 × 152 cm
Venice, Italy

Violent motion erupts across the page—horses rear, soldiers clash, limbs tangle in intricate pen strokes capturing chaos and anatomical precision simultaneously. Leonardo's battlefield studies reveal his obsessive method of understanding human and animal form through combat, merging artistic mastery with scientific inquiry.

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E. H. Gombrich
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