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The Mind of Leonardo
IV.5C.a1
 
IV.5C.a1
Clay model for casting the horse for the Sforza monument
Reconstruction in scale of 1:7 after Leonardo da Vinci, Madrid Ms. II and Royal Collection, Windsor, 12321r; P 92r
Opera Laboratori Fiorentini
The original model was destroyed by Gascon archers during the French occupation of Milan in 1499.
 
  [IV.5C  The Molding Process]    
 
     

Leonardo’s desire to make the gigantic monument in a single casting led him to develop a molding method that would produce a casting of uniform thickness and lighter weight.


 
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