Leonardo had a deep love and respect for animals, to the extent that he became a vegetarian. His most frequent animal sketches were of horses but he also made numerous bird sketches and his renditions were infused with nobility. His passionate interest in animals is widely believed to be unique for his time and this showed in the grace and realism in which he portrayed them in his sketches and paintings.
While he was living in Milan his plans to build a massive broze statue of a horse were ruined as the metal was needed to make canons to defend an attack on Milan by the French in 1499.Based on the notes and sketches he made for the horse, two full scalle statues were finally built over 500 years later. These are situated in Milan and Michigan.
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| Study of a horse and rider |
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| Study of a lion |
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| Study of cat movements |
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