Indicative of our anonymous artist’s great talent is the outstanding, individual modelling of details. In addition, the whole body has a delicately hammered surface structure. As the design, skilled production and artistic quality of this horse are exquisite it must have been created in the workshop or in the vicinity of the great Renaissance master. The technical execution of this single cast could only have been achieved by an experienced craftsman who certainly would have received an apprenticeship within the circle of Leonardo.
Fig. 1. Leonardo da Vinci, Study for an Equestrian Monument (facsimile), Florence, Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi
“I personally am particularly fond of this horse, as the Italian Renaissance is my great passion. It is the most beautiful bronze I have ever owned.”
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