Studies for the Sforza Monument mb-code U137495AACME ' Inscribed in pencil lower

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Studies for the Sforza Monument mb-code U137495AACME ' Inscribed in pencil lowerStudies for the Sforza Monument, c1488 1493 (1954). Study for the great bronze equestrian statue of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, commissioned by his son and successor, Ludovico. 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 Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A