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The Mind of Leonardo
IV.5E.a
 
IV.5E.a
Leonardo da Vinci, Royal Collection, Windsor, 12349r; P 112r
Smelting system for the equestrian monument to Francesco Sforza (first project).
Leonardo had planned to use underground furnaces, a solution that would not only shorten the length of the channels through which the molten bronze flowed but also leave free access to the casting pit for positioning the mold.
 
  [IV.5E  The Smelting System]    
 
     

Making a statue of such colossal size as the Sforza monument in a single casting called for a smelting system with multiple furnaces. Leonardo dedicated great attention to studying the optimum typology for the furnaces, their location and the system of channels for feeding the mold.


 
  • aIV.5E.a
  • bIV.5E.b
  • cIV.5E.c
  • dIV.5E.d
  • eIV.5E.e
  • fIV.5E.f
  • gIV.5E.g
  • hIV.5E.h
  • iIV.5E.i
  • jIV.5E.j
  • kIV.5E.k
  • lIV.5E.l
  • nIV.5E.n
  • oIV.5E.o
  • pIV.5E.p
 
 
 
 
 
       
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