070 Leda i el cigne, cascada del parc de la Ciutadella.JPG 2,272 × 1,580; 1.64 MB. Media in category "Statues of Leda and the Swan" The following 56 files are in this category, out of 56 total. Her sudden movement caused the Doric chiton to open on the right side, becoming unclasped on the shoulder, and slip down below the breast. Found in 1775 in Rome, this statue is a first-century Roman copy of an earlier Greek statue from the 300s B.C. Statue, Leda and the Swan, marble by Bartolomeo Ammanati, Italy (Florence), about 1535 Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no) Pope-Hennessy, J. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the … A new contemporary design depicting the conception of Helen of Troy between Zeus as a swan and Leda. This group is a sculptural representation of the erotic theme of Leda and Zeus in the guise of a swan. Click on image excerpt to view larger size of the work. 1). In seducing Leda, Zeus took the form of a swan, and here he is drawn into her lap while she holds up a sheltering cloak. Musei Capitolini Rome, Italy. attributed to Timotheos. More than two dozen copies of this statue survive, attesting to the theme's popularity among the Romans. Jean Thierry's Academy diploma piece in 1717 was an unusual one: although this type of subject had often been treated since the 16th century, tragic themes were generally preferred for admission to the Academy. The statue topped a tall column located just off the entrance to the naval Arsenal Harbour . attributed to Timotheos. Leda with the Swan 1540s Marble, height 50 cm Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence: Ammanati was a Mannerist sculptor and architect. Description. In the most popular version of the myth, Zeus falls in love with the mortal Leda and transforms himself into a swan, in which form he seduces and impregnates her. Leda and the Swan is a lost tempera on canvas painting by Michelangelo, produced in 1530 but now only surviving in copies and variants. The subject of this slightly under-life-size statue derives from Classical mythology. This sculpture is Leda and the Swan, a 16th-century is inspired by Peter Paul Rubens, after … The work depicted the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan. Description Leda moves forward to protect the swan, which she clasps to her side with her right arm. Leda, Queen of Sparta, was seduced by Jupiter in the form of a swan. Found in 1775 in Rome, this statue is a Roman copy of an earlier Greek statue from the 300s B.C. He studied and worked in Venice and Rome before settling in … This group is a sculptural representation of the erotic theme of Leda and Zeus in the guise of a swan. Leda, nude, is depicted in the act of lifting up her matnle with her left arm in order to protect the swan from the eagle in the act of snatching it.

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