Leonardo's Horse (also known as the Sforza Horse or the Gran Cavallo ("Great Horse") ) is a project for a bronze sculpture that was commissioned from Leonardo da Vinci in 1482 by the Duke of Milan Ludovico il Moro, but never completed.

Leonardo’s “Horse That Never Was” would have assured his unparalleled reputation as a sculptor. This is the romantic story of Leonardo’s unfulfilled passion, the resurrection of the idea by Charles C. Dent, and the gift of The Horse to the people of Italy.

Apr 16, 2010 · Leonardo's Horse Scale Model. A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.

The Da Vinci Science Center (DSC), as it is known today, took shape in July 2003 with the merger of the Discovery Center of Science and Technology and Leonardo da Vinci’s Horse, Inc. (LDVHI) – the nonprofit organization that actualized Leonardo’s vision of placing a 24-foot bronze horse statue in Milan, Italy.

Leonardo was fascinated with the horse as a work of art and an essential “machine” in warfare. He valued horses for their ability to power the inventions he dreamed up, such as his versions of a scythed chariot. Additionally, horses were symbols of military power.

Aug 31, 1998 · On September 10, 1999, five hundred years to the day after the archers shot Leonardo's model to pieces, the bronze horse - broken down into seven manageable sections and flown for free from the...

Apr 30, 2019 · At the request of Ludovico Sforza, the future Duke of Milan, Leonardo da Vinci began working on a sculpture that would be the largest equestrian statue in the world in 1482. Leonardo made...

Leonardo da Vinci's horse ''It will be the largest equestrian statue in the world'' : thus declared Leonardo da Vinci to his patron Galeazzo Maria Sforza, who commissioned the Master to create the sculpture dedicated to his ancestor, Francesco Sforza.

Jan 4, 2025 · Leonardo da Vinci’s fascination with horses is well documented, interwoven with his artistic genius and scientific curiosity. His unfinished equestrian sculpture, intended to honor the Duke of Milan, became a testament to his ambition and understanding of equine anatomy.

Leonardo's Horse is part of an equestrian monument dedicated to Francesco Sforza and designed by Leonardo da Vinci from 1482 to 1493 with the aim of being cast in bronze, but of which he only managed to finish a clay model.