A leading figure in the later period was Andrea del Verrocchio, best known for his equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni in Venice; his pupil Leonardo da Vinci designed an equine sculpture in 1482 "The Horse" for Milan-but only succeeded in making a clay model which was destroyed by French archers in 1499, and his other ambitious sculptural plans were never completed.
==== Renesansa ====Za začetek renesančnega kiparstva se pogosto smatra slavno naročilo za vrata v krstilnici v Firencah v 1403, iz katerega je sta z več modeli izšla zmagovalca, Lorenzo Ghiberti in Filippo Brunelleschi.