Show STORY OF A FAMOUS STATUE bronze piece work of leopard cause of quarrel resulting in ian being badly disfigured another statue that has been con voyed by sea and landed safely in rome is the great equestrian one v tha famous general which on its lofta in the cam po of SS glovanni Glov annl e paolo says 0 if 1 I do not believe there Is a more glorious work of sculpture ex in the world this statue Is of course of bronze and was mm aled hy the florentine sculptor and painter andrea in 1481 as by his more famous pupil I 1 eon ardo da rev alexander iloh artson writes in the christian herald after s death it was cast in fronye by I 1 there Is a story told to the effect that when finished ills work he quarreled with the republic over it As he could not come to a settlement he knocked off the hordes head and escaped to florence the republic ordered him to return but he refund saying 1 I have knocked off the horse a head it Is true but I 1 can ant it on again but if I 1 come to venice and you take off mv hend you could not put it on the republic forgave him assured him of his life and reward and he returned and finished his work |