. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. Printed by Draeger, P; THE STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA 145. Duke Francesco Sforza died in 1466, but it was not till 1472 thathis successor, Galeazzo Maria, conceived the project of giving thefounder of the House of Sforza a monument worthy of him, a tombwhich, like that of the Scaligeri at Verona, should be surmounted byan equestrian statue of the deceased hero. For ten long years artistafter artist was consulted, plan after plan submitted and rejected. Onthe refusal or the re-tirement from the contestof the brothers Mante-gazza, the gift
. Leonardo da Vinci, artist, thinker and man of science. Printed by Draeger, P; THE STATUE OF FRANCESCO SFORZA 145. Duke Francesco Sforza died in 1466, but it was not till 1472 thathis successor, Galeazzo Maria, conceived the project of giving thefounder of the House of Sforza a monument worthy of him, a tombwhich, like that of the Scaligeri at Verona, should be surmounted byan equestrian statue of the deceased hero. For ten long years artistafter artist was consulted, plan after plan submitted and rejected. Onthe refusal or the re-tirement from the contestof the brothers Mante-gazza, the gifted sculp-tors of the Certosa atPavia, Galeazzo Mariaapplied to the famousFlorentine sculptor andpainter, Antonio del Pol-lajuolo. After his deathin 1498 they found thedesign and the modelwhich he had made forthe equestrian statue ofF rancesco S forza,ordered by Lodovico ilMoro. This model isrepresented in two differ-ent styles in his drawingsnow in my collection:the one showing DukeFrancesco with Veronaunder his feet, the other,the same Duke in full armour riding over an armed man. I could never discover whyth
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