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It was intended to be the largest equestrian statue in the world, a monument to the duke's father Francesco Sforza. Seventy tons of bronze were collected by Ludovico for casting the statue, which approached 8 metres (26 ft) in height, [3] dwarfing earlier horse monuments by Donatello and by Leonardo's former master , Verrocchio .
The Sforza monument. In the mid-1480s Ludovico Sforza, the ruler of Milan, engaged Leonardo to make a bronze equestrian monument to his father Francesco. For several years little work was carried out other than the design drawings, but from 1490 Leonardo studied the form of the horse intensively, in both casual and formal poses and with ...
Apr 16, 2010 · Discover Leonardo's Horse - Il Cavallo dello Sforza in Milan, Italy: Da Vinci's equestrian statue, 500 years in the making.
Jul 5, 2018 · The monument, which was to be much bigger than life size and cast in bronze, was intended by Ludovico Sforza to commemorate the military successes of his father, Francesco Sforza, and of course to cast his own achievements in an equally impressive light.
The Sforza monument. In the mid-1480s Ludovico Sforza, ruler of Milan, commissioned Leonardo to make a huge bronze equestrian monument to his father Francesco. The first designs show the horse rearing, but around 1490 this was changed to a less ambitious walking pose.
During the 1480s Ludovico Sforza, ruler of Milan, commissioned Leonardo to execute a bronze equestrian monument, well over life size, to his father Francesco (1401–66). Ludovico’s first choice for the commission seems to have been the Florentine Antonio del Pollaiuolo.
In the mid-1480s Ludovico Sforza, the ruler (though not yet Duke) of Milan, commissioned Leonardo to make a bronze equestrian monument to his father Francesco. To help him build the clay...
