A gaban Filin shakatawa na Milan Hippodrome, akwai mai girma marmara mutum-mutumi. Yana da wani doki a cikin girman rayuwa wanda aka yi wahayi zuwa da ɗayan zane na Leonardo Vinci.
Mai zane-zane da akayi bikin yayi niyyar ƙirƙirar mutum-mutumi mafi girma a duniya Sabili da haka ya fara tsara shi da ra'ayin cewa zai ƙirƙiri wani aiki wanda zai haɗa ƙwarewar sa ta fasaha da ƙwarewar fasaha.
An haife aikin ne ta hanyar umarnin Galeazzo Maria Sforza, wanda ke son gina mutum-mutumi mai girman rai don sanyawa a cikin Sforzesco Castle. A farkon, an shawarci masu zane daban-daban har zuwa cikin 1493 Leonardo ya zama mai sha'awar kuma ya fara yin wasu zane-zane.
A cikin 1993, ya yi samfurin mutum-mutumin da ba a taɓa jefa shi ba amma bai taɓa ci gaba ba yayin da al'amuran tarihi daban-daban suka tilasta Da Vinci jinkirta shi. A cikin 1499 Leonardo ya bar Milan kuma samfurin dokinsa ya lalace sosai lokacin da sojojin Faransa suka yi amfani da shi da fari don gicciye su.
Amma a cikin 1999 aikin ya dawo da shi kuma an ɗora shi a kan kayan marmara da dutse. Tun daga wannan lokacin ya bi hanyar tsere don jawo hankalin duk waɗanda suke so su kusanci da Vinci aikin.