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Leda and the Swan is a story and subject in art from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, seduces or rapes Leda, a Spartan queen.
Leda and the Swan Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci. Of the two cartoons Leonardo did for this work one showed Leda kneeling and used mostly curved lines to suggest a writhing movement which emphasized fertility; the other had her in a standing position.
In 1508 Leonardo painted a different composition of the subject known as Leda and the Swan which depicted a nude standing Leda cuddling the swan, with the two sets of infant twins and their huge broken egg-shells.
In 1864, the French painter, Émile Auguste Hublin, painted an oil on canvas of a smitten Leda kissing a swooning swan. Cy Twombly, in 1962, painted a baroque, abstract version of the myth six times. One painting, Leda and the Swan, 1962, sold for nearly 53 million dollars at auction in 2017.
This painting of the standing Leda is based on Leonardo da Vinci's now-lost version of the same subject, known today mainly through copies. Leda embraces Zeus, who came to her in the form of a swan, while turning to observe the two sets of newly hatched twins, the result of their union.
The original composition of Michelangelo’s Leda and the Swan is known from a detailed engraving by Cornelis Bos. It depicts Leda reclining naked with Zeus metamorphosed into a swan. At her feet, Michelangelo presents Castor and Pollux already hatched, together with an unhatched egg.
Leda and the Swan (known in Italian as Leda) is an oil on canvas painting from 1530–31 by the Italian painter Correggio, now in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin. [1] It shows three scenes of Leda 's seduction by Jupiter who has taken the form of a swan.
Leda and the swan, mid 16th century. Unknown artist and Attributed to Rosso Fiorentino (1494 - 1540) and Formerly attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) RA Collection: Art This imposing drawing depicts the mythical union of Leda, Queen of Sparta, with the god Jupiter in the form of a swan.
The Leda with the Swan painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicts the Greek story of Leda, the daughter of King Aetolia. When Zeus, King of the Gods, saw Leda, he was so taken with her beauty that he transformed into a swan and married her. Leda gave birth to two eggs, each of which birthed twins.
In the late 1520s Michelangelo made a painting depicting Leda and the swan, a mythological story in which Zeus assumes the form of a swan to seduce the mortal woman Leda, producing two children with her.