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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 ...
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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.
Apr 16, 2010 · 367. Want to Visit? 412. Leonardo's Horse, Milan http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leo... (Public Domain) In 1482, Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, challenged Leonardo Da Vinci to build...
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.
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...
Ludovico Maria Sforza (Italian: [ludoˈviːko maˈriːa ˈsfɔrtsa]; 27 July 1452 – 27 May 1508), also known as Ludovico il Moro (Italian: [il ˈmɔːro]; "the Moor"), and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.
