Emphasis Preaching Journal

According to an article by Andrew C. Revkin that appeared in the New York Times on January 26, 1999, it has been 500 years since invading French troops destroyed Leonardo da Vinci's dream of creating the world's largest equestrian sculpture. When they took the city of Milan, the French soldiers decided to use da Vinci's full size clay model of a 24-foot horse as a target for crossbow practice. Some biographical accounts of da Vinci's life have him weeping on his death bed over his unfilled vision.