Dent, and the gift of The Horse to the people of Italy. He also produced a city plan for Milan, new weapons designs, and a defense system for the castle that the Duke probably should have taken more seriously.
The Duke also expected Leonardo to create stage sets, manage gala parties and compose rhymes and puzzles for the ladies of the Court. Royal sponsorship clearly did not always release Leonardo to pursue his artistic endeavors. That must have been the way the Gascon bowmen of the French troops saw it when they entered Milan on Sept.
Leonardo would not attempt the project again and died on May 2, Legend has it that he never ceased mourning his lost horse. Many of the working sketches for The Horse were lost over the centuries that followed.
One set of notebooks, known as the Windsor Collection, came into the possession of the British royal family. An article in the Sept. Dent, a retired airline pilot, artist and art collector living in Fogelsville, Pa. The romantic legend, with its combination of creative genius and human frailty, cast its spell over Dent. It even seemed appropriate that Charlie Dent spent so much of his time flying, an experience for which Leonardo yearned.
Already an admirer of Leonardo and a Renaissance man in his own right, Charlie Dent decided that Leonardo and Italy should have The Horse β a little late to be sure, but as a gesture of appreciation from the American people for it acknowledges the immense cultural, artistic, and scientific legacy of the Italian Renaissance for the American culture. Dent presided over years of research and planning that responded to intriguing possibilities created by looking from a new angle, a shift in light, or a change in position.
