ECL-Bm.14:14-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bm.14:14-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: Leda and swan
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
Sampson catalogue states :
The drawings, by a variety of artists are sometimes stuck to the pages of this volume and do not keep to the place allotted to them by number. Three drawings are missing.
The drawings, by a variety of artists are sometimes stuck to the pages of this volume and do not keep to the place allotted to them by number. Three drawings are missing.
Description
Content (description)
Leda, viewed from her left side, crouches slightly in the swan's embrace. The swan clasps her thigh with its right foot and spreads its left wing round her back. It curves its neck violently to kiss her, as she looks heavenward. A drape falls in cascades beneath the swan.
Content (object)
statue
Content (note)
Sampson catalogue states: Bibliotheca Sti Marci, Venetiis
Dimensions
height (actual size): 434mm
width (actual size): 292mm
width (actual size): 292mm
Inscription
Leda in Bibliotheca Sti Marci Venetiis written in ink on the front of the drawing lower right.
Inscription description
C written in ink on the back of the drawing, artist?
Materials & techniques note
Brown wash with white highlights on ochre washed paper.
Production
Person
Unknown (Artist)
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
