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Anonymous, possibly Fernando Yanez de la Almedina, Leda and the Swan. Oil on panel, 51 5/8 x 30 inches (131.1 x 76.2 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA (previously at John G. Johnson Collection, 1917) Giampietrino, Leda and the Swan, from the collection of the Marquis of Hastings; Giampietrino, Venus and Cupid, private collection, Milan
It was a square work in tempera, representing Jupiter as a swan making love to a reclining Leda (based on a composition from ancient Roman gems and seals), an egg, and Castor and Pollux as children. The painting was completed by mid-October 1530, but Alfonso described it as a "little thing" in Michelangelo's hearing and so he refused to hand it ...
White Swan -- Crow Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine Has photos of White Swan in 1899, and also paintings of White Swan by Joseph Henry Sharp, and Elbridge Ayer Burbank. Father Lindesmith's Collection Includes photos of drawings by White Swan on Muslin, and comments on White Swan's life.
Wings of Love was immortalized on the wall of Stan and Hilda Ogden's house in Coronation Street [12] and the painting also achieved cult status through its appearance in the 1977 film of Mike Leigh's play Abigail's Party, [13] In the film, the painting provokes a heated debate on the nature of "erotic art"; this culminates in Beverly Moss's ...
Leda and the Swan is a tempera grassa on panel painting by an artist from the circle of Leonardo da Vinci, probably Cesare da Sesto. It dates to c. 1510-1520 and is now in the Galleria Borghese in Rome. [1] It and other versions at Wilton House and the Uffizi are considered the three best copies after Leonardo's own lost Leda and the Swan. [2]
Hamsa is thought to refer to the bar-headed goose found in India (left) or a species of swan. [1]The Hansa (Sanskrit: हंस Hansa or hamsa) is an aquatic migratory bird, referred to in ancient Sanskrit texts which various scholars have interpreted as being based on the goose, the swan, [2] or even the flamingo.
Leda and the Swan, a 16th-century copy after a lost painting by Michelangelo (National Gallery, London) Though Rubens's two works are very similar, they do differ. In his first depiction, the brushstrokes are looser, it is not as detailed, there is less landscape, no elaborate headpiece, the colors are muted, and the drapes are green.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City: 1905: Portrait of a Lady (c. 1905), crayon on paper: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City: Portrait of Edward G. Kennedy, black graphite: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City: Subject: lived 1849–1932. Leda with Swan: Subject: Leda: Sarah Bernhardt, sketch, pencil on paper: Private