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Description: | Artist: Soldani, Massimiliano, sculptor - Italian artist, 1656-1740; Date(s): 1717 - 1717-06-25; Classification(s): sculpture, figure group, casting (process), copper alloy, probably bronze, cast, and chased; Acquisition: given by Winter, John, 1984, Given by John Winter, Esq. in memory of his father Carl Winter, Director of the Fitzwilliam (1946-1966) [M.60-1984]
Description: Figure group. Copper alloy, probably bronze. Cast, and chased. Jupiter is disguised as a swan, and is clambering up a rocky bank to Leda, whose left arm is wrapped around the swan's body. Jupiter is assisted by Cupid, who removes Leda's draperies. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | sculpture Soldani, Massimiliano figure group | Temporal: | name=early 18th Century; start=1717; end=1717-06-25 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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