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Adjustment to "First Florentine period (1472–c. 1482)"
There is a line in this section, "Neither of these initial commissions were completed, being abandoned when Leonardo went to offer his services to Duke of Milan Ludovico Sforza."
This should be fixed to say "...to the future Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza." as he did not become the Duke of Milan until 1494, per his own Wikipedia page. 5.77.196.62 (talk) 10:23, 12 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Is there any reason to diminish his stature by including fringe ideas like this? Can anyone defend continued inclusion of the word "sculptor"? 𝕁𝕄𝔽 (talk) 18:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'd take it out of the lead, and remove the categories (actually most of the "mentions" relating to him). But it is fair to say that as a pupil of Andrea del Verrocchio he probably had some training, even if he decided not to enter the very competitive field of Italian Renaissance sculpture. I think the passage about that blasted horse is ok. Johnbod (talk) 18:40, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, I understand that logic as lots of bronze sculptures got melted down for war materiel over the centuries.
Nevertheless, what little body content we have "damns with faint praise". So here's a challenge for someone: contribute a paragraph founded on reliable sources that describes his sculptural practice and not ones (even if it is the Met) that merely repeat the "as everybody knows" assertion.
level-3 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
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Not done: Please reserve using edit requests for helpful improvements to the encyclopedia. DrOrinScrivello (talk) 20:50, 3 October 2024 (UTC)