LEONARDO DA VINCI (VINCI 1452-AMBOISE 1519)
Galloping and kicking horses, and a foot soldier
c.1503-4RCIN 912340
There was a risk of the Battle of Anghiari becoming an overblown and static exercise in bombastic effects. In drawings such as this, Leonardo drew as rapidly as possible, to capture the dynamism that would be crucial to the painting’s success.