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Description: | The mythological subject, as well as the background landscape and the draperies indicate that this painting was probably produced in the eighteenth century. In Greek mythology, Leda was the wife of the king of Sparta. She was loved by Zeus, who took the shape of a swan escaping from an eagle in order to seduce her. Their meeting produced an egg, from which Helen (the famous Helen of Troy) hatched. Leda and the Swan have been pictured by great artists, amongst whom Corregio (about 1530) and Michelangelo. They were a common motif in the visual arts up to the nineteenth century. | Subjects: | mythology (Leda and the Swan) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: French School Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Lemoyne, François (French painter, 1688-1737) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9009... | Go to resource |
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