Study for the casting of the Sforza Monument Size:XL: 90 x 60cm David Herd

David Herd

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Study for the casting of the Sforza Monument Size:XL: 90 x 60cm David HerdStudy for the casting of the Sforza Monument, c1493 (1954). In the 1480s Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to produce a great bronze equestrian statue of his father and predecessor, Francesco. Leonardo created a life sized clay model of the statue, but it was never completed as in 1494 Ludovico used the 70 tons of bronze set aside for it to manufacture cannon to fight the invading French. Found in the collection of the