Studies for the 'Trivulzio Monument' challenged October 1909

October 1909

Observations at Mount Vesuvius near the Bay of Naples made by the artist on behalf of Sir William Hamilton

Christ's Hospital pupil with the school buildings in the background

In his right hand is a dark lantern inscribed Amor Patriae

Studies for the 'Trivulzio Monument' challenged October 1909Studies for the 'Trivulzio Monument', c1508 (1954). In 1508 Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, a Milanese aristocrat and military commander and governor of the city, commissioned Leonardo da Vinci to sculpt an equestrian statue for his tomb. Leonardo produced designs for the statue but it was never realised. Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich. (London, 1954).