Leonardo Da Vinci's "DREAM" Bronze Horse
I
sculpted the Dream from DaVinci's sketch number 12343,
1508 Milan, for the
Sfoza Equestrian Monument in the courtyard
of the Sfoza
Castle in Milan. I tried to portray this Horse
as a strong, powerful,
majestic, War Horse , like Leonardo had envisioned
If
DaVinci had completed his Dream, the horse would have been 24 foot tall
and over 10 tons.
However the French invaded Italy using the horse model
for target practice
and the bronze meant for his horse was instead sent to
Ferrars to be used for
cannon barrels, Leonardo DaVinci's "DREAM" distroyed..
I
am fascinated with Leonardo's Genius, and have gone to Florence,
several times, which
is just about 20 miles from Vinci,
the town that Leonardo
was born. I also have gone to Leonardo's Castle,
Castillo del
Clos-lice, that the King of France gave him , in Amboise France.
I visited his work
shop and the bedroom where he died. Leonardo never went
anywhere without the
Mona Lisa painting, there was a copy of the Mona Lisa painting
in his bedroom.
"DREAM"
is discretely signed along the left rear calf of the horse by artist
Michael Costanzo. Each
casting will be numbered.
Weighing about 50
pounds it is an impressive 21 inches tall atop a hand
worked Maroon Imperial
Marble base 16 inches wide. Cast using the
lost wax method, at
the World renown Bronzart Foundry in Sarasota Florida.
A copy of DaVinci's
sketch will accompany the Bronze
a wooden crate is needed for shipping
Michael Costanzo