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LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
A design for an equestrian monument
c.1485-90RCIN 912357
A study of a full-length figure on a rearing horse, in profile to the right. The rider's right arm, with a baton in the hand, is extended backwards. There is a stump of a tree beneath the raised fore-feet. The group is set upon a low oblong pedestal.