Study for the casting of the Sforza Monument Size:XL: 90 x 60cm 'Druidical Stone at Strather near

'Druidical Stone at Strather near Barvas

View of Shoreditch High Street showing nos 25-16 inclusive

David Herd

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Study for the casting of the Sforza Monument Size:XL: 90 x 60cm 'Druidical Stone at Strather nearStudy for the casting of the Sforza Monument, c1493 (1954). In the 1480s Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to produce a great bronze equestrian statue of his father and predecessor, Francesco. 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