Leonardo da Vinci - The lost Horse Sculpture

Some time in the 1480s, Ludovico Sforza, the ruler of Milan, commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to create an enormous bronze equestrian monument in honour of Ludovico’s father, Francesco.

Before this point, Leonardo was pretty much untested as a sculptor. In fact, though still only 30 years old, the man widely regarded as one of the greatest minds of his ge…