Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Leda and the Swan
Alternate Title:
Leda e il cigno
Image View:
Detail, head of Leda and the swan
Creator:
unknown (Italian)
Location:
repository: Museo Correr (Venice, Veneto, Italy) Cl. I n. 1295
Location Note:
Piazza San Marco 52
GPS:
45.4339 12.3375
Date:
ca. 1590-1599 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1:
painting (visual work)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
oil paint on panel
Technique:
oil painting (technique)
Measurements:
116 cm (height) x 156 cm (width)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); swans
Description:
Online catalog lists the artist as unknown Venetian. The scene is from Greek mythology; Zeus in the form of a swan seduces Leda. (Source: Fondazione Musei Civici Venezia [online collection database]; http://www.archiviod ellacomunicazione.it /)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-TOSCO-MC-LS-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Leda and the Swan