ECL-Bn.3:11-2013
Parts
Object number
ECL-Bn.3:11-2013
Object type
Identification
Title
Statue group: Leda and swan
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
From the Palazzo di Villa Aldobrandini
From the Palazzo di Villa Aldobrandini
Was Fa 2 A no. 74
From the Palazzo di Villa Aldobrandini
Was Fa 2 A no. 74
Other number
Fa 3 A no. 74
Description
Content (description)
Leda, with her himation over her legs and a skimpy drape running diagonally from her right shoulder, sits side-saddle on the back of the swan, holding its immensely long thin neck in her left hand. Her right hand points upwards. The swan sits on a mound of leaves.
Content (object)
statue
Dimensions
height (actual size): 403mm
width (actual size): 263mm
width (actual size): 263mm
Inscription
Campiglia Palazzo di Villa Altobrandina No. 74
Campiglia Villa Aldobrandini No. 74 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Campiglia Villa Aldobrandini No. 74 written in ink on the back of the drawing
Inscription description
74 written in ink on the front of the drawing lower left
Materials & techniques note
black lead pencil on paper
Production
Person
Date
c.1710-1730
History and association
Previous ownership
