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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 ...
Barbara Swan (1922–2003), also known by her married name, Barbara Swan Fink, was an American painter, illustrator, and lithographer. Her early work is associated with the Boston Expressionist school; later she became known for her still-life paintings in which light is refracted through glass and water, and for her portraits.
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 ...
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.
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]
The Threatened Swan (Dutch: De bedreigde zwaan) [1] is an oil painting of a mute swan made around 1650 by Dutch Golden Age painter Jan Asselijn. The work is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. [1] It is 144 centimetres (57 in) high and 171 centimetres (67 in) wide.
A recipe for baked swan survives from that time: "To bake a Swan Scald it and take out the bones, and parboil it, then season it very well with Pepper, Salt and Ginger, then lard it, and put it in a deep Coffin of Rye Paste with store of Butter, close it and bake it very well, and when it is baked, fill up the Vent-hole with melted Butter, and ...